News / $1.5bn Amazon Air freight hub breaks ground, but the pilots have misgivings

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A Southern Air-operated 737 at the ground-breaking ceremony yesterday Image: Atlas Air

By Alexander Whiteman

15/05/2019

Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos may be “super-excited” that work has commenced on its Cincinnati air freight hub, but concern has risen over pilot welfare.

Mr Bezos attended yesterday’s ground-breaking ceremony for the $1.5bn facility at Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG).

“This site will let us get packages out to customers faster, and that is a big deal,” he told assembled media.“We are going to move our prime service from two days to one, and this hub is a big part of ...

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