An Amazon warehouse.
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Amazon now buys its own planes.
The e-commerce giant wants to better ensure its deliveries, as the coronavirus pandemic has exploded the number of orders while pushing airlines to reduce their fleets.
On Tuesday, the company announced the acquisition of eleven Boeing 767-300s from Delta and WestJet.
The aircraft will be upgraded to cargo planes.
This is the first time that the group has launched its own fleet instead of signing rental contracts with airlines.
The travel sector in crisis
Owning its own fleet in addition to leased planes allows Amazon to "better manage [its] operations," said Sarah Rhoads, vice president of Amazon Global Air.
The four Westjet planes will join Amazon's fleet this year, while the seven planes purchased from Delta will be ready in 2022.
Since the start of the health crisis, Amazon has worked hard in logistics (warehouses, recruitments, means of transport) to manage the surge in online orders.
The travel and tourism industry has suffered a lot.
In the United States, a support plan provides for aid of $ 16 billion to save tens of thousands of jobs in airlines and $ 2 billion for airports.
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