Catatonic
Nine Lives
Oh yeah, it has performed so badly in the past ... better than UPS based on investors.
First Amazon Prime airplane has landed at BWI cargo ramp Feb 8, 2017
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Indecisi0n
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We lost amazon.
Fred's Myth
Nonhyphenated American
Your vitriol has become incredibly tiresome. You are Trump of the opposite spectrum.
Schweddy
Balls
haven't seen anything public about this yet. is it just local to you or what? how extensive?
Operational needs
Virescit Vulnere Virtus
Panda's first flight: FedEx sends Bao Bao to China
A little off topic.... I wonder how much this cost FedEx, the company always pleading almost broke? They had to bring in another crew to load this plane as no one there was trained in the loading of a 777.
A little off topic.... I wonder how much this cost FedEx, the company always pleading almost broke? They had to bring in another crew to load this plane as no one there was trained in the loading of a 777.
Operational needs
Virescit Vulnere Virtus
He works for UPS.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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You need to fine tune your BS meter.
Indecisi0n
Well-Known Member
It's pretty much across the board. Maybe it just hasn't gotten to you yet.
MrFedEx
Engorged Member
It cost a lot. Special graphics for the plane and CTV, a 777 out of the lineup etc. All PR.
I hear Fred serves panda at Christmas dinner.
MrFedEx
Engorged Member
Oh.. so you think it couldn't happen? Is this one of those fake news sites? Washington Post?
Is the "Prime Air" fake, too? Maybe he bought all those planes so he can sequel Cast Away...
As I have stated before, Amazon is supposedly negotiating with Boeing to purchase a 767 cargo fleet. When this happens, Bezos is all in, and his infrastructure network is basically a leaner FedEx Ground.
The bottom line is that he could be a huge player.
Is he looking to have a delivery service that anyone can ship with, or is he looking to just ship Amazon freight the most cost effective way? Amazon has gotten so big it's the Wal-Mart of online shopping. If he integrates trucking and flying he only needs a big enough air fleet to handle long distance shipping in a timely manner. Regional distribution centers can handle the rest. With enough distribution centers only the remote areas of the West would be problematic for deliveries.
The most recent news I've read is that he has 40 767's leased from and operated by Atlas Air. I think Bezos is in some ways another Smith. A guy who thinks the whole world is a great big city who may be about to discover that the Western US is not the only place where there's nothing out there but rednecks rocks and rattlesnakes There is no question however that Bezos has a bug up his bodily orifice over the fact that shipping costs are his fastest rising costs.
MrFedEx
Engorged Member
You no like? You no read, OK?
MrFedEx
Engorged Member
I don't know his ultimate plan. It would be logical for Amazon to keep the high profit small fluff and leave the rest for UPS and FedEx to fight over.
Personally, I think he will buy the planes and complete one more step of his infrastructure.
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