Aircraft
Amazon to Lease 10 EFW A330-300 Converted Freighters
Hawaiian Airlines will operate converted freighter aircraft for online retailing giant Amazon.
The first A330-300P2F went to DHL in 2017. (Photo: Airbus)
The first A330-300P2F went to DHL in 2017. (Photo: Airbus)

More evidence of an increasingly active market for passenger-to-freighter conversions surfaced Friday in the form of a firm agreement by Amazon Air to lease 10 A330-300P2F freighters from commercial aviation finance company Altavair. Hawaiian Airlines has agreed to begin operating the aircraft—now undergoing conversion by Airbus-ST Aerospace joint venture Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW)—for Amazon upon first delivery, scheduled for late 2023. Hawaiian Airlines began operating A330-200 passenger jets in 2010 and now flies 24 of the Airbus widebodies.