Insights into Amazon Air 2020’s Transportation Juggernaut

Our Analysis Indicates that Amazon Air is…

• Putting more emphasis on cargo-only airports than most other package-shipment providers
• More oriented toward daytime flights and point-to-point routes than FedEx and UPS
• Expanding its fleet to 70 airplanes by 2021 and could grow to 200 planes in 7-8 years
• Making Cincinnati (CVG), Chicago Rockford, Ontario, Tampa, and Wilmington (OH) focal points
• Creating a CVG mega-hub that greatly boosts its potential to be a multi-purpose delivery provider

Amazon Air is 2020’s Transportation Juggernaut

Flying above the turbulence facing most cargo and passenger airlines during the coronavirus epidemic.

This wholly-owned subsidiary of retailing giant Amazon is expanding rapidly to help handle surging online buying.

Amazon Air’s expansion marks one of the most significant developments in the U.S. air-cargo business in years and gives a boost to airports seeking to cultivate freight traffic.

Amazon Air is not to be confused with the retailer’s experimental drone unit, which is known as Amazon Prime Air.

This briefing draws upon data from four primary informational sources to illustrate its economic and geographic orientation:

1. Data on flight operations from flightaware.com and flightradar24.com
2. Analysis of the proximity of Amazon Air airports to 170 fulfillment centers
3. Fleet registration info from various sources, including planespotters.net
4. Analysis of federal data on passenger and cargo traffic at the airports it serves.

Download this briefing and discover what eight findings from our analysis stand out.