Aircraft
Amazon Makes First Direct Aircraft Purchases
Eleven more Boeing 767-300 freighters will join Amazon’s transportation network starting this year.
An Amazon Air Boeing 767-300 approaches Houston Intercontinental Airport in April 2019. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY) by Patrick Feller)
An Amazon Air Boeing 767-300 approaches Houston Intercontinental Airport in April 2019. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY) by Patrick Feller)

Amazon has bought seven Boeing 767-300s from Delta Air Lines and four from Canada’s WestJet as it moves to expand its air transport network to meet surging demand during the Covid-19 crisis and beyond, the company said Tuesday. The deals mark the online retailer’s first direct aircraft purchases. The four WestJet aircraft, now undergoing passenger-to-cargo conversion, will join Amazon’s network this year and the Delta jets will begin flying freight for the online retailer in 2022, the company added. All will fly for third-party carriers.