Amazon Air

Amazon Air is Amazon's cargo aviation brand, created to support the air transportation needs of its e-commerce logistics network. It moves packages and freight between fulfillment, sortation, and other logistics facilities rather than selling passenger tickets to the general public. The operation initially used the name Amazon Prime Air and was later renamed Amazon Air, helping distinguish it from Amazon's Prime Air drone-delivery program. Amazon generally relies on leased aircraft, contracted operators, and aviation partners to conduct flights, integrating air transport with its warehousing, sorting, line-haul, and delivery systems. Its strategic role is to improve the speed, frequency, and degree of network control available for cross-regional order fulfillment, particularly in the United States. Because the brand forms part of Amazon's broader logistics operation, public descriptions often characterize it as a cargo-air network or aviation business rather than a conventional standalone passenger airline. Aircraft numbers, routes, and operating partners can change with contracts and expansion, so no unsupported figures are included here.

Amazon Air originated as part of Amazon's effort to gain greater control over the air-transport segment of its logistics network. The operation initially appeared under the name Amazon Prime Air and was intended to connect fulfillment centers, sortation facilities, and other logistics nodes, reducing transit times between regions. Unlike a conventional passenger airline, its focus is cargo, and flights are generally conducted through leased aircraft, external air carriers, and contracted operating arrangements. In 2021, Amazon renamed the cargo operation Amazon Air to reduce confusion with its Prime Air drone-delivery program. Amazon Air has since continued as the aviation component of Amazon's logistics system. Its network, aircraft arrangements, airline partners, and hub structure can change with Amazon's demand, logistics strategy, and contracts. Public information supports its identity as Amazon's cargo aviation business, but does not justify listing every route, aircraft, or operator change here.

• 2021

  Renamed to Amazon Air

  [1]Amazon Airaboutamazon.com

  Amazon renamed its cargo airline business from Amazon Prime Air to Amazon Air to distinguish it from the drone delivery program.

• 2016

  Started building cargo airline business

  [1]Amazon Airaboutamazon.com

  Amazon began developing air cargo operations for e-commerce logistics fulfillment under the name Prime Air.

An internal and networked cargo airline business serving Amazon's e-commerce fulfillment system

• Air cargo services · 2016

  Amazon Air cargo transportation

  Amazon Air provides air line-haul transportation for Amazon's logistics network, moving e-commerce packages and freight between fulfillment, sortation, and regional logistics facilities. It is part of Amazon's logistics system rather than a passenger service sold to the general public.

• Unconfirmed

  Reported2022.02.10

  Amazon Air launches daily cargo service in Nebraska[3]Amazon Air 在内布拉斯加州开通每日货运服务omaha.com

  Amazon Air launched daily cargo service out of Eppley Airfield, establishing its first regional gateway in Nebraska.

• 2022.02.10

  Reported2022.02.10

  Amazon Air launches daily service to Omaha[4]Amazon Air开通飞往奥马哈的每日航班服务freightwaves.com

  Amazon Air launched daily service to Omaha, Nebraska. An inaugural flight operated by partner Silver Airways arrived at Eppley Airfield from Fort Worth, Texas.

• 2021.11.10

  Reported2021.11.10

  Airlines and companies join sustainable aviation fuel effort[5]航空公司及企业加入可持续航空燃料倡议businesstoday.in

  Amazon Air, JetBlue, United Airlines, Meta and LiveNation joined the Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance’s effort to support development and use of sustainable aviation fuels.

• Unconfirmed

  Reported2021.10.14

  Amazon Air launches operations at Spokane airport[6]Amazon Air 在斯波坎机场启动运营spokanejournal.com

  Amazon.com Inc. launched daily air-cargo flights through Amazon Air at a new location at Spokane International Airport.

• 2021.08.11

  Reported2021.08.12

  Amazon Air begins operations at new cargo hub[7]Amazon Air启用新的货运枢纽airlinegeeks.com

  Amazon Air began operations at its newest hub at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport on Wednesday, August 11, 2021.

  Weekdays and relative dates follow the original report; their exact calendar dates have not been verified.

• 2021.05.13

  Reported2021.05.13

  Amazon Air launches daily flights to Kansas City[8]Amazon Air开通飞往堪萨斯城的每日航班yahoo.com

  Amazon Air launched daily flight service to Kansas City to move packages to customers more quickly.

• 2021.01.07

  Reported2021.01.07

  Amazon announces purchase of 11 Boeing 767 freighters[9]亚马逊宣布购买11架波音767货机worldairlinenews.com

  Amazon announced its first-ever purchase of 11 Boeing 767 aircraft—seven from Delta and four from WestJet—to expand Amazon Air's fleet. The aircraft were expected to join its network in 2021 and 2022; the company said it would continue to rely on third-party carriers to operate them.

• Unconfirmed

  Reported2020.11.05

  Amazon Air begins operations at its first European hub[10]Amazon Air首个欧洲枢纽开始运营techcrunch.com

  Amazon started operations at its first European Amazon Air hub, based at Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany.

Read more

1. 1Amazon Airaboutamazon.com
2. 2Amazon Air cargo aviation informationamazon.com
3. 3Amazon Air 在内布拉斯加州开通每日货运服务omaha.com
4. 4Amazon Air开通飞往奥马哈的每日航班服务freightwaves.com
5. 5航空公司及企业加入可持续航空燃料倡议businesstoday.in
6. 6Amazon Air 在斯波坎机场启动运营spokanejournal.com
7. 7Amazon Air启用新的货运枢纽airlinegeeks.com
8. 8Amazon Air开通飞往堪萨斯城的每日航班yahoo.com
9. 9亚马逊宣布购买11架波音767货机worldairlinenews.com
10. 10Amazon Air首个欧洲枢纽开始运营techcrunch.com
11. 11Amazon Air launches first cargo service in Nebraskaklkntv.com