News / Amazon shows 'great caution', with a cull of its US freighter fleet

Nathan Coats

The headwinds Amazon is contending are also buffeting its air cargo capacity providers: Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) faces the prospect of up to eight of its 767 freighters in service for the e-commerce giant being jettisoned this year; while Sun Country reported reduced income from cargo operations for Amazon in Q4.

In an outlook guidance for changes in its operating fleet, ATSG says Amazon has opted to extend the leases of four 767-200Fs, set to expire this year, into 2024.

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