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Amazon Leo, formerly known as Project Kuiper, is building a network of thousands of low Earth orbit satellites.

JetBlue will be the first commercial airline to use Amazon’s network of low Earth orbit satellites to provide free wireless internet service to passengers.

Amazon has launched Amazon Air services in India. A first for the country, as to date no e-commerce company has had its own dedicated fleet operating in the country. Two Boeing 737-800 freighter aircraft will be used. Amazon has leased the two 737s from the cargo airline, Quikjet Cargo Airlines Pvt. Ltd. The aircraft will […]

Amazon Air, the cargo airline of Amazon.com, Inc. which operates exclusively for Amazon’s parcel transportation business, has signed a lease agreement for ten converted to freighters (P2Fs) Airbus A330-300. The new aircraft will be added to the fleet that currently consists only of ATR and Boeing aircraft. In total, Amazon Air has a fleet of […]

Amazon Air continues to grow as the airline has once again called on one of its operators to begin service to Wichita’s Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport. The airport saw the first Silver Airways ATR 72-500F make an arrival into the quiet Midwest airport on Thursday, with the airline touching down at 1:03 am and […]

This is Part II of a series discussing Brazilian aviation in the more remote regions of the country and how it has fared amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Read Part I here. The existence of demand itself does not mean, of course, that every citizen of Eirunepé has the ability to pay for a 1600 Brazilian […]

This is Part I of a series discussing Brazilian aviation in the more remote regions of the country and how it has fared amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a Friday morning at Eirunepé Airport, located in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, as a gathering form at the entry of the small terminal. The only regular […]

Whilst the passenger side of the airline industry continues to struggle due to COVID-19, cargo carriers have continued to see increased demand. Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, the parent company of airlines such as Atlas Air and Southern Air announced a profit in their third-quarter results.  The New York-based holding company announced a net income of […]

As the airline industry struggles to find its footing during an unprecedented travel downturn worldwide, many air carriers are finding new ways to cope during this period. Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Sun Country Airlines is no exception to this. While commonly seen as a leisure carrier, the airline has recently enacted contracts to haul cargo for Amazon, […]

An Atlas Air Boeing 767-300ER Freighter has crashed into Trinity Bay, east of Houston. The aircraft departed Miami International Airport with Houston Intercontinental airport as its destination at 11:33 local time, and crashed “shortly before 12:45”, according to an FAA statement. The crash occurred about 40 miles southeast of Bush Intercontinental Airport. The aircraft, with […]