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Amazon Expands Air Cargo Fleet

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Paris Martineau
· · Source: The Information

Amazon on Tuesday announced it had completed its first-ever purchase of eleven Boeing 767-300 aircraft, a major milestone in the e-commerce company’s journey to own the transportation of its goods from end-to-end. It bought seven planes from Delta and four from WestJet, it said in a press release. The announcement marks a turning point in Amazon’s approach to middle-mile logistics, the...

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