LEISURE carrier Sun Country Airlines will fly up to eight additional Boeing 737-800 converted freighters for amazon under a contract extension, reports New York's FreightWaves.
Minneapolis-based Sun Country has operated a dozen Amazon-supplied Boeing narrowbody cargo jets since 2020.
It said its contract for providing crews, maintenance and insurance has been extended until 2030 and that it will begin operating the initial aircraft in the first quarter of 2025.
All eight aircraft are expected to be operational in Amazon's domestic parcel network by the third quarter of 2025, increasing Sun Country's freighter fleet to 20 aircraft.
In addition to providing the aircraft, Amazon pays for many flight expenses, including fuel and is responsible for loading and unloading.
Amazon is reallocating the eight 737-800 freighters after agreeing last month to terminate its transport partnership with Atlas Air, which also lost flying business from 16 Boeing 767-300 freighters Amazon is transferring to ABX Air.
Amazon directly controls the eight 737-800s, which are leased from AerCap.
Amazon relies on partner carriers to operate its network because it isn't a pure airline with its own operating authority.
Amazon's active fleet has plateaued in the past 20 months at about 80 aircraft, according to various aircraft databases. During the peak of pandemic home shopping the fleet reached eighty-eight aircraft.
Atlas Air Worldwide's leasing division, Titan Aviation, continues to lease to Amazon the 16 Boeing 767-300s being placed with ABX Air.
SeaNews Turkey
Minneapolis-based Sun Country has operated a dozen Amazon-supplied Boeing narrowbody cargo jets since 2020.
It said its contract for providing crews, maintenance and insurance has been extended until 2030 and that it will begin operating the initial aircraft in the first quarter of 2025.
All eight aircraft are expected to be operational in Amazon's domestic parcel network by the third quarter of 2025, increasing Sun Country's freighter fleet to 20 aircraft.
In addition to providing the aircraft, Amazon pays for many flight expenses, including fuel and is responsible for loading and unloading.
Amazon is reallocating the eight 737-800 freighters after agreeing last month to terminate its transport partnership with Atlas Air, which also lost flying business from 16 Boeing 767-300 freighters Amazon is transferring to ABX Air.
Amazon directly controls the eight 737-800s, which are leased from AerCap.
Amazon relies on partner carriers to operate its network because it isn't a pure airline with its own operating authority.
Amazon's active fleet has plateaued in the past 20 months at about 80 aircraft, according to various aircraft databases. During the peak of pandemic home shopping the fleet reached eighty-eight aircraft.
Atlas Air Worldwide's leasing division, Titan Aviation, continues to lease to Amazon the 16 Boeing 767-300s being placed with ABX Air.
SeaNews Turkey