E-commerce giant Amazon on Monday launched its air cargo service Amazon Air in India to double down on the facilities offered to its Prime customers and enable faster deliveries. For now, the company has leased two Boeing 737-800 aircraft from Quikjet, a cargo aircraft operator, part of the ASL Aviation Group.
Each flight is equipped to carry 20,000 shipments a day, exclusively for Amazon and will operate between Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Delhi initially; a large percentage of its customers currently come from these four regions. The company said it will expand services over time as it continues to focus on the increasingly important Tier 2 and beyond regions.
