The slow growth of Amazon’s freight jet shows how the eCommerce industry is adjusting to the poor demand.
In September, Amazon Air freighters had an average of 194 flights per day over the course of a week, up 3.8% from March and the smallest increase since the institute started monitoring them in May 2020. The information was obtained from DePaul University’s Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development.
Amazon is improving significantly, according to Joseph Schwieterman, the director of the Chicago-based organization. It “appears that the firm misjudged the demand for the organization to grow its supply chain so fast at the height of the pandemic.”
Due to the excess inventory they had as business resumed as usual following the epidemic, the corporation was forced to close or scrap plans for a number of warehouses. Additionally, it reduced its staff this year by approximately 100,000 people.
Packaged goods are flown to clients via Amazon Air, which employs pilots from a small number of partner airlines. The company has recently experienced significant expansion, and at one point it considered purchasing larger long-haul aircraft to import goods from Asia.
Since the corporation’s $1.5 billion hub at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport expanded last year, Schwieterman claims, the company has increased its flying activity, with some nighttime flights reportedly aiming for next-day delivery.
Customers of Prime may get speedy delivery from the location. Around that time, the private airline began operating a daily freight service between Wichita and the local hub at Texas’ Fort Worth Alliance Airport.
Silver Airways, a Florida-based company with a base in Fort Lauderdale, runs the Amazon Air flights. This firm offers passenger services throughout the Caribbean, the Bahamas, and the Southwest United States.
