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.”
The firm was forced to close or abandon plans for a number of warehouses due to the surplus inventory they had when business as normal resumed after the outbreak. Additionally, it laid off 100,000 individuals this year, which is a significant reduction.
Amazon Air, which hires pilots from a small number of partner airlines, flies packaged products to customers. The business recently saw substantial growth, and at one time it was contemplating getting a bigger long-haul plane to import items from Asia.
According to Schwieterman, the airline has upped its flying activity since the $1.5 billion hub at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport was extended last year. Some overnight flights are apparently aiming for next-day delivery.
Prime customers may take use of the location’s quick delivery service. The private airline started running a daily freight service between Wichita and the neighborhood hub at Texas’ Fort Worth Alliance Airport at about that time.
The Amazon Air flights are operated by Silver Airways, a Florida-based business with a hub in Fort Lauderdale. This company provides passenger services in the Bahamas, the Caribbean, and the Southwest of the United States.
