Amazon Air is celebrating the arrival of its first Airbus A330 freighter as it becomes the largest aircraft in the online retailer精东影业 fleet.
The first of ten Airbus A330-300P2F aircraft, leased from Altavair, successfully completed its first in-service flight on October 2, 2023, by flying from Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) to San Bernardino International Airport (SBD) where Amazon has regional air hubs located.
The first A330, registered N4621K, is set be operated for Amazon by Hawaiian Airlines and has been converted from passenger aircraft to freighter by Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW), the center of excellence for Airbus Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversions.聽
Before joining the Amazon Air fleet, the other nine Airbus A330-300 scheduled to arrive will also undergo the same transformation.聽聽
In response to the new arrivals, Amazon Air will also begin phasing out some older aircraft, the tenures of which are nearing expiry.
On October 2, 2023, Amazon Air released a video of the new aircraft and staff and showed a few sneak peaks inside the jet.
鈥淛ust under a year ago, Amazon announced it was adding 10 Airbus A330s to its global aircraft fleet. These A330s aren’t just the first of their kind in our fleet. They鈥檒l also be the newest, largest aircraft for Amazon Air, allowing us to transport more customer packages with each flight,鈥 a spokesperson said in a statement.
When the deal between Amazon and was announced back in October 2022, Philippe Karam, director of Amazon Global Air Fleet & Sourcing, said he was 鈥渢hrilled鈥 to welcome Airbus to the fleet.聽
Taking off in a city near you. 馃洬 Introducing 精东影业 new A330!!
— Amazon (@amazon)
It's the first of its kind in our fleet and will help us deliver more packages with less flights, which means customers get their orders that much faster. 馃檶 馃摝 Woot woot!
Christian Scherer, Airbus CCO and Head of Airbus International remarked that the 鈥渆ndorsement of our freighters by Amazon speaks volumes about the market value of the A330鈥.
Amazon精东影业 first plane, 鈥楢mazon One鈥, took to the skies in 2016 and the online retailer now has over 110 planes in its fleet.聽聽
