Amazon Air

Amazon Air is Amazon's cargo aviation brand, created to support the air transportation needs of its e-commerce logistics network. It moves packages and freight between fulfillment, sortation, and other logistics facilities rather than selling passenger tickets to the general public. The operation initially used the name Amazon Prime Air and was later renamed Amazon Air, helping distinguish it from Amazon's Prime Air drone-delivery program. Amazon generally relies on leased aircraft, contracted operators, and aviation partners to conduct flights, integrating air transport with its warehousing, sorting, line-haul, and delivery systems. Its strategic role is to improve the speed, frequency, and degree of network control available for cross-regional order fulfillment, particularly in the United States. Because the brand forms part of Amazon's broader logistics operation, public descriptions often characterize it as a cargo-air network or aviation business rather than a conventional standalone passenger airline. Aircraft numbers, routes, and operating partners can change with contracts and expansion, so no unsupported figures are included here.

Amazon Air originated as part of Amazon's effort to gain greater control over the air-transport segment of its logistics network. The operation initially appeared under the name Amazon Prime Air and was intended to connect fulfillment centers, sortation facilities, and other logistics nodes, reducing transit times between regions. Unlike a conventional passenger airline, its focus is cargo, and flights are generally conducted through leased aircraft, external air carriers, and contracted operating arrangements. In 2021, Amazon renamed the cargo operation Amazon Air to reduce confusion with its Prime Air drone-delivery program. Amazon Air has since continued as the aviation component of Amazon's logistics system. Its network, aircraft arrangements, airline partners, and hub structure can change with Amazon's demand, logistics strategy, and contracts. Public information supports its identity as Amazon's cargo aviation business, but does not justify listing every route, aircraft, or operator change here.

• 2021

  Renamed to Amazon Air

  [1]Amazon Airaboutamazon.com

  Amazon renamed its cargo airline business from Amazon Prime Air to Amazon Air to distinguish it from the drone delivery program.

• 2016

  Started building cargo airline business

  [1]Amazon Airaboutamazon.com

  Amazon began developing air cargo operations for e-commerce logistics fulfillment under the name Prime Air.

An internal and networked cargo airline business serving Amazon's e-commerce fulfillment system

• Air cargo services · 2016

  Amazon Air cargo transportation

  Amazon Air provides air line-haul transportation for Amazon's logistics network, moving e-commerce packages and freight between fulfillment, sortation, and regional logistics facilities. It is part of Amazon's logistics system rather than a passenger service sold to the general public.

• 2021

  Amazon announces rebranding of Prime Air cargo operation as Amazon Air[1]Amazon Airaboutamazon.com

  Other

  亚马逊将其货运航空业务采用的Prime Air名称调整为Amazon Air，以便与无人机配送项目区分。

1. 1Amazon Airaboutamazon.com
2. 2Amazon Air cargo aviation informationamazon.com