Amazon is buying four jets from WestJet and seven from Delta as the e-commerce giant moves to beef up its delivery fleet at a time when passenger jets are no longer so in demand. The WestJet jets will join Amazon's fleet some time this year and the Delta ones in 2022. Amazon building delivery networkAmazon launched its own air cargo fleet in 2016 and, prior to Tuesday's news, the company leased 80 planes, but the move is the first time the company has bought their own. Amazon owns tens of thousands of its own delivery trucks, and has been experimenting with its own fleet of autonomous delivery drones. In June of 2020, the company leased a dozen 767s from Air Transport Services Group, Inc.Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed.

Source: CBC News January 05, 2021 15:32 UTC