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Analysis: Amazon Air and ATSG grow together

Light blue Amazon Prime plane with cargo door open, waiting for a load.

Amazon’s announcement that it will lease 12 all-cargo aircraft from a key contract carrier  demonstrates how the online retail and logistics giant has created a formidable private airline in the span of four years to keep up with the enormous growth of e-commerce.

The additional Boeing 767 freighters will expand Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) fleet beyond 80 aircraft by the end of 2021, and a new report from researchers at DePaul University in Chicago estimates Amazon Air could have about 200 aircraft...

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How artificial intelligence is keeping time-critical shipments on track during pandemic

Consumers are seeing and feeling the impact of COVID-19 supply chain interruptions and delays in their everyday lives, from shortages of paper goods and cleaning supplies in grocery stores, to rising prices for beef and poultry.

For specialized industries such as health care and aerospace, however, the stakes of supply chain interruptions and service failures have perhaps never been higher. So far the traditional hub-and-spoke time-critical logistics industry has largely struggled to adapt,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-artificial-intelligence-is-keeping-time-critical-shipments-on-track-during-pandemic

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