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Former Delta Boeing 767s Will Become Freighters For Amazon

30/12/2020
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Amazon sẽ sử dụng những chiếc Boeing 767 cũ của hãng Delta cho việc chở hàng
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Former Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-300ERs will soon become freighters flying for Amazon. The 767s, which are approaching the end of their passenger lifespan at Delta, will enable Amazon to expand its air freight services and support its complicated and massive logistics network.

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Amazon Air is taking over 767s from Delta. Photo: Vincenzo Pace | JFKJets.com

Amazon Air buys Boeing 767s from Delta

Cargo Facts reports that Amazon has bought three Boeing 767-300ERs for conversion from Delta Air Lines. The three aircraft are registered as N1610D, N1611B, and N1612T, according to data from Planespotters.net.

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Delta is retiring its Boeing 767s, and Amazon is snatching three up. Photo: Getty Images

The Boeing 767-300ERs are currently outfitted for passenger operations. They will now be converted to freighter aircraft and then will enter services with Amazon Air.

Amazon’s cargo operations

Amazon Air has been flying for a few years now. However, the airline has traditionally not flown its own aircraft and instead dry leased aircraft operated by other airlines, including cargo giant Atlas Air.

Amazon Air has a fleet of both Boeing 737-800 converted freighters and Boeing 767 converted freighters. This fleet has grown to nearly 70 jets over the last four years. The air cargo business with Amazon will only continue to grow as Amazon grows its operations, expands its delivery centers, and flies more packages.

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Amazon announced a partnership with Sun Country Airlines to fly Boeing 737-800 freighters. Photo: Joanna Bailey – Simple Flying

In December of 2019, Sun Country Airlines announced it would be operating ten Boeing 737-800 cargo freighters under the Amazon Air network. Sun Country, normally a passenger low-cost carrier and charter airline that flies to around 300 airports in a year, was expanding its portfolio to include cargo flying for an ever-growing freight giant. Those cargo flights started earlier this year. Data from Planespotters.net shows that Amazon has expanded that partnership with Sun Country Airlines.

Converting the Boeing 767s

Passenger-to-freighter conversions are common in the industry. These permanent conversions allow for passenger planes to be outfitted for carrying freight. The conversion sees the planes receive large cargo doors, making loading and unloading heavy cargo much easier.

The conversions take time, but Boeing does offer several conversion lines for customers who want to take older passenger jets and send them into cargo operations.

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Amazon’s Prime Air flies several converted Boeing 767s. Photo: Vincenzo Pace | JFKJets.com

Cargo carriers tend to fly some older aircraft and ex-passenger jets. These planes are cheaper to acquire, and cargo does not complain about the age of an aircraft. Cargo carriers do not have to invest in upgrading the interiors of planes, and they do not work their aircraft as hard as some of the passenger carriers.

Delta Boeing 767s

Delta Air Lines has a fleet of 34 Boeing 767-300ERs. It has retired over 20 of the type already in 2020 as it moves to a more efficient and streamlined fleet. All the Boeing 767-300ERs will be retired by December 2025.

Delta 767
Delta’s 767 retirements mean more options for cargo airlines to take older aircraft for cheaper. Photo: Vincenzo Pace | JFKJets.com

The requirements of these planes leave plenty of opportunities for cargo airlines to take these older jets and convert them to freighter aircraft. Most of these planes are getting at around twenty years in operations, which means cargo carriers can easily get at least a few more years of operations out of them if they maintain them well.

Source: Simple Flying
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