AMAZON has selected 21 Air, which is controlled by Houston Astros owner Jim Crane and his investment firm in a joint venture with Canadian freighter operator Cargojet, as an air transport provider, reports New York's FreightWaves.
The e-tailer's air logistics arm is reassigning the seven medium widebody freighters from Atlas Air to 21 Air, according to an outside source familiar with the all-cargo operator who asked for anonymity to protect industry relationships, and messages from pilots in an online forum. Amazon will continue to lease the aircraft from Titan Aviation, an Atlas Air sister company.
The move is the final installment in a breakup with Atlas Air that has already seen Amazon transfer 10 Boeing 767-300 freighters from Atlas to ABX Air, a subsidiary of major Amazon vendor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), and make plans to reallocate eight Boeing 737-800 to Sun Country Airlines next year.
Atlas Air disclosed in late May that it would cease providing outsourced air cargo service for Amazon next year after both parties agreed to terminate contracts under which Atlas provided crews, routine maintenance and insurance (CMI) for 25 converted freighters.
Atlas Air management said relinquishing the domestic Amazon business would free the company to focus on bread-
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The e-tailer's air logistics arm is reassigning the seven medium widebody freighters from Atlas Air to 21 Air, according to an outside source familiar with the all-cargo operator who asked for anonymity to protect industry relationships, and messages from pilots in an online forum. Amazon will continue to lease the aircraft from Titan Aviation, an Atlas Air sister company.
The move is the final installment in a breakup with Atlas Air that has already seen Amazon transfer 10 Boeing 767-300 freighters from Atlas to ABX Air, a subsidiary of major Amazon vendor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), and make plans to reallocate eight Boeing 737-800 to Sun Country Airlines next year.
Atlas Air disclosed in late May that it would cease providing outsourced air cargo service for Amazon next year after both parties agreed to terminate contracts under which Atlas provided crews, routine maintenance and insurance (CMI) for 25 converted freighters.
Atlas Air management said relinquishing the domestic Amazon business would free the company to focus on bread-
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