Primed for growth: Amazon Air's freighter fleet, flight activity, and payload capacity compared to FedEx and UPS

Joseph P. Schwieterman and Carrie Craig

Research in Transportation Economics, 2023, vol. 101, issue C

Abstract: This article measures the growing scale and geographic scope of Amazon Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of the retailing giant Amazon, between May 2020, near the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and September 2022. It evaluates data on Amazon Air's evolving flight operations and compares its payload capacity with FedEx Express and United Parcel Service (UPS), both prominent air-cargo integrators focused heavily on retail package delivery. It reviews the technical specifications of the 21 types of planes in their fleets to assess their growth rates.

Keywords: Air cargo; e-commerce; Cargo airports (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J40 J41 J42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2023.101337

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