Delhi, 24 January 2023 (GNP): According to Amazon Inc., the company will launch its own air cargo fleet in India named ‘Amazon Air’ to expand and speed up deliveries across one of its key markets.
After Canada and the United States, India will be the next location where the company will launch its air freight service, Amazon Air. The Seattle-headquartered firm, which started the service in 2016 in the US, operates a network of over 110 jets that fly to over 70 locations worldwide.
The company has partnered with Quikjet Cargo Airline Private Ltd, a Bengaluru-based freight carrier, which will use a lone Boeing 737-800 jet to fly shipments, as revealed by Amazon.
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Quikjet will transport Amazon customer shipments to Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Delhi, and Mumbai, the company said in a press release. The books-to-boots online retailer, which competes with Walmart Inc-owned Flipkart in India, said the launch of Amazon Air would support over 1.1 million sellers in the country.
Amazon, which uses its own ground delivery services for shipping, also partners with Deutsche Post DHL Group-controlled Blue Dart Express Ltd, one of India’s biggest air cargo carriers.
