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Amazon Leasing Air Cargo Space, Delivering by Drone

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JANUARY 3, 2023

Amazon has reportedly hired executives with experience marketing air cargo assets, sources told Bloomberg, to sell capacity on deadhead return flights, for example. The company launched Amazon Air in 2016, prompting rampant speculation it was chasing much-larger UPS and FedEx fleets for dominance in retail/ecommerce air freight services.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The retailer plans to have at least 15 of the facilities, dubbed sortation centers, by the end of January 2026. At the same time, Instacart has been unwinding in-store picking by its drivers, handing that back to the retailers. The British Retail Consortium said it expected shortages in supermarkets to “last a few weeks.”

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Amazon Leasing Air Cargo Space, Delivering by Drone

This Week in Logistics News (February 18 – 24)

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