News / Amazon Air axes smaller-volume routes while boosting US hub flows

Like the integrated express carriers, Amazon is transforming its air network, reducing flights but boosting capacity by fielding larger aircraft, with an increasing focus on hubs in its core market.

In Europe the company has slashed flights by more than a third.

According to the latest report from the Chaddick Institute at DePaul University, which has been monitoring the internet giant’s air operations for years, Amazon’s flight network has shrunk by 1.8% since last March, but ...