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Amazon Air launches operations at new Florida hub

White Amazon jet with dark blue tail parked at new Lakeland, Florida, air hub, view from rear and above.

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) inaugurated its new regional air hub near Tampa, Florida, with the arrival of the first freighter flight on Thursday.

The 42-acre air terminal is at Lakeland Linder International Airport, a general aviation airport. Amazon operates a large fulfillment center in Lakeland, which is chock full of distribution centers.

Amazon invested more than $100 million in the 285,000-square-foot air cargo complex, which includes ramp space for seven all-cargo planes, city officials stated...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-air-launches-operations-at-new-florida-hub

Pilots blame Atlas Air, FAA for 2019 freighter crash

Debris of an Amazon Air cargo plane scattered in a swamp in Trinity Bay, Texas. The plane was operated by Atlas Air and investigators say the probable cause is pilot error.

The union representing pilots at all-cargo carrier Atlas Air (NASDAQ: AAWW) strenuously objected to investigators’ findings that mistakes by the captain contributed to a deadly crash last year, blaming the company and aviation regulators for allegedly letting an unqualified co-pilot fly commercial aircraft.

A National Transportation Safety Board draft report this week attributed the accident’s probable cause to errors by the first officer in response to inadvertent activation of a switch that...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/pilots-blame-atlas-air-faa-for-2019-freighter-crash

Investigators blame pilot error for 2019 Atlas Air crash

A white Amazon Air plane with light-blue lettering on runway.

Quick Take:

  • Inadvertent activation of landing abort mode and the co-pilot’s inappropriate response to being disoriented sent the plane straight into the ground, the National Transportation Board said..
  • The captain’s delayed awareness of the situation led to an ineffective response.
  • Cockpit imaging recording devices would help in crash investigations.
  • FAA should set up a database for airlines to share employment histories and performance records for pilots.

The co-pilot of an Atlas Air cargo...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/investigators-blame-pilot-error-for-2019-atlas-air-crash

Amazon to power cargo jets with sustainable fuel

An Amazon Air plane takes off, view from behind as it gets airborne.

Amazon’s air cargo operation is contributing to meet the company’s goal of being carbon neutral by 2040 with an agreement to purchase up to six million gallons of jet fuel made from renewable sources.

The fuel blend, which includes feedstock of agricultural waste fats and oils, has the ability to reduce Amazon Air’s carbon emissions by 22%, Sarah Rhodes, vice president of Amazon Global Air said on a video describing the initiative and showing Prime planes being loaded with cargo and refueled. 

Ama...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/amazon-to-power-cargo-jets-with-sustainable-fuel

NTSB schedules public meeting on fatal Atlas Air flight

White planes on airport taxiways.

The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a hearing next month as part of its investigation into the probable cause of an Atlas Air cargo plane that crashed in February 2019 in a marshy bay near Houston. 

The Boeing 767-300 freighter was operated by Atlas under contract with online mega-retailer Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), and was also carrying mail for the U.S. Postal Service. It was flying to George Bush Intercontinental Airport from Miami when it went down, killing the two pilots and one...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ntsb-schedules-public-meeting-on-fatal-atlas-air-flight

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...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/analysis-amazon-air-and-atsg-grow-together

Amazon Air picks San Bernardino airport for western hub

Amazon Prime Air plane comes in for landing at airport.

As expected, Amazon’s newest air hub will be in San Bernardino, California, where feeder aircraft from various cities and trucks from nearby warehouses will arrive with packages to be sorted and redistributed nationwide on outbound airplanes.

The San Bernardino International Airport authority made the announcement Friday, confirming what had been an open secret about who would occupy a 700,000-square foot campus with additional space for 14 all-cargo aircraft.

Developer Hillwood Enterprises began...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/amazon-air-picks-san-bernardino-airport-for-western-hub

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