FLEXPORT has signed a multi-year contract for dedicated transport with Eastern Air, a new entrant that will deploy light-duty 777 freighters focused on e-commerce shipments with a quick-to-market low-cost strategy, reports New York's FreightWaves.
Meanwhile, Eastern Air Holdings purchased 35 Boeing 777 passenger jets and is retrofitting them by removing the seats, bins, and galleys.
The company went with a freighter-light model because it is focusing on low-density freight such as apparel, cosmetics, protective medical equipment and electronics.
The 777 has plenty of space without going through a lengthy and expensive overhaul.
flexport relied on main-deck freighters for 85 to 90 per cent of its capacity last year.
'If you want to fly gold bricks around this might not be the airplane for you. For 99 per cent of the other cargo we think this is going to work pretty well,' said Flexport vice president Neel Jones Shah.
Insider Intelligence and eMarketer estimate US e-commerce sales will grow 16 per cent in 2022, topping US$1 trillion for the first time.
Worldwide online sales are projected to hit $6 trillion in 2024.
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Meanwhile, Eastern Air Holdings purchased 35 Boeing 777 passenger jets and is retrofitting them by removing the seats, bins, and galleys.
The company went with a freighter-light model because it is focusing on low-density freight such as apparel, cosmetics, protective medical equipment and electronics.
The 777 has plenty of space without going through a lengthy and expensive overhaul.
flexport relied on main-deck freighters for 85 to 90 per cent of its capacity last year.
'If you want to fly gold bricks around this might not be the airplane for you. For 99 per cent of the other cargo we think this is going to work pretty well,' said Flexport vice president Neel Jones Shah.
Insider Intelligence and eMarketer estimate US e-commerce sales will grow 16 per cent in 2022, topping US$1 trillion for the first time.
Worldwide online sales are projected to hit $6 trillion in 2024.
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