27-531: Prime Air may refer to: Amazon Air , a US cargo airline based in Cincinnati, Ohio, operating under the callsign "Prime Air" Amazon Prime Air , Amazon 's drone delivery service Prime Airlines , a defunct British airline Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Prime Air . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
54-479: A 920-acre (370 ha) facility with a 3 × 10 ^ sq ft (69-acre; 28 ha) sorting facility and parking space for over 100 cargo aircraft; the project is estimated to cost $ 1.5 billion. In December 2017 the company, which was named Amazon Prime Air, announced its rebranding as Amazon Air to avoid confusion with the Amazon Prime Air drone delivery service, although it continues to operate under
81-466: A City Council vote on the Wright Amendment. The 1992 repeal proposal and lawsuit were later dropped after negotiations between the cities, but it was revealed in 1997 that, during a private meeting held on May 11, 1992, influential Fort Worth politicians and civic leaders were seriously concerned that their support for Alliance could give Dallas grounds to countersue Fort Worth for also violating
108-611: A local Amazon Logistics Delivery Station for last mile delivery or to a local post office for delivery by the United States Postal Service . Some Amazon Air packages bypass the regional Amazon Sortation Centers completely and are routed directly to local Amazon Delivery Stations for last mile delivery by Amazon Logistics. Amazon Air flies scheduled flights to the following destinations: Amazon Air uses Boeing 737 , Boeing 767 and Airbus A330 aircraft, all of which are operated by contracted partners. As of February 2024,
135-720: A maintenance hub for Fort Worth-based American Airlines , until the bankruptcy filing and subsequent restructuring of its parent AMR Corporation . Billed as the world's first purely industrial airport, it was developed in a joint venture between the City of Fort Worth, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Hillwood Development Company, a real estate development company owned by Ross Perot Jr. The official groundbreaking ceremonies were held in July 1988, and
162-621: A minority stake in Air Transport Services Group, the parent company of Amazon Air sub-lessor Air Transport International . The deal was valued at $ 131 million for 13.5 million shares in the company. Amazon also holds warrants to acquire a minority stake in Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings , the parent company of Atlas Air . In September 2022, a study conducted by the Chaddick Institute found that Amazon Air had
189-453: A new regional air hub at Fort Worth Alliance Airport (KAFW) and does not airlift third-party packages. The new regional hub began operating on October 2, 2019. For 2019 and 2020, Amazon committed to leasing 10 additional 767-300 aircraft from Air Transport Services Group , which would bring active aircraft to a total of 50. Phase one of the CVG sort facility, encompassing 440 acres (180 ha)
216-566: A party to the 1968 DFW bond agreement and thus lacked standing to sue. Alliance stood in for Los Angeles International Airport during the filming of the pilot episode of the short-lived 2004 TV drama LAX . A US$ 260 million runway and taxiway extension project was completed in April 2018 to allow heavily loaded cargo aircraft to take off from either runway in hot and high Texas summer weather conditions and reach Europe unrefueled. The project had been under construction since 2003 and required
243-428: A system expansion of 5.8% without adding more warehouses. The study also showed that in the same year, the carry capacity had increased, making it 14% and 23% as large as FedEx and UPS, respectively. In October 2022, Amazon announced the lease of ten Airbus A330-300P2F freighters from Altavair , and would be operated by Hawaiian Airlines . These aircraft are being converted to freighters by Elbe Flugzeugwerke , and
270-464: Is a virtual cargo airline operating exclusively to transport Amazon packages. In 2017, it changed its name from Amazon Prime Air to Amazon Air to differentiate themselves from their Amazon Prime Air autonomous drone delivery service. However, the Prime Air logo remains on the aircraft. Until January 2021, the airline had relied on wet-leasing its aircraft from other operators, but going forward it
297-827: Is looking to directly own some aircraft. On the planes the airline owns, the airline will still rely on others for CMI (crew, maintenance, and insurance) leases. In late 2015, Amazon began trial cargo runs out of Wilmington Air Park under the code name Project Aerosmith. In December 2015, Amazon announced that it would begin its own cargo airline to expand its capability. In March 2016, Amazon acquired options to buy up to 19.9 percent of Air Transport Services Group 's (ATSG) stock and began scheduled operations with 20 Boeing 767 aircraft. On January 31, 2017, Amazon announced that Amazon Air would make Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (KCVG) its principal hub, and began operations on April 30, 2017. Amazon received $ 40 million in tax incentives and plans to begin construction on
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#1732859495808324-688: Is not a direct competitor to DFW as no attempt was ever made to initiate passenger service there and the FedEx and American Airlines bases would never have been located at DFW, instead. In the early 1990s, factions in Dallas were calling for Wright Amendment restrictions to be lifted to enhance local airline service. On February 21, 1992, Dallas city leaders threatened to block a proposed US$ 120 million expansion of Alliance, accusing Fort Worth leaders of undermining support for other local airport projects; Dallas councilman Jerry Bartos, an influential repeal proponent,
351-570: Is owned by the City of Fort Worth and managed by Alliance Air Services, a subsidiary of Hillwood Development, and is, in size, the second-largest airport facility in North Texas, behind only Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). The airport is mainly focused on cargo operations, and serves as a southern regional hub for FedEx Express and focus city for Amazon Air . It provides no major commercial passenger airline service, though it does provide general aviation services. It formerly served as
378-639: The callsign "Prime Air". As of June 2018, Amazon Air had 20 of its 33 cargo planes based at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (KCVG), with the rest flying point-to-point transit routes across the United States. Amazon Air was to move into office space at the former Comair headquarters by March 2018. Amazon leased 10 additional Boeing 767-300 planes from ATSG in December 2018. Amazon has completed
405-453: The Amazon Air fleet consists of the following aircraft. [REDACTED] Media related to Amazon Air at Wikimedia Commons Fort Worth Alliance Airport Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport ( IATA : AFW , ICAO : KAFW , FAA LID : AFW ) is a public airport 14 miles (23 km) north of the central business district of Fort Worth , Texas , United States. The airport
432-571: The Wright Amendment issue resurfaced when Fort Worth and American Airlines sued Dallas, Continental Airlines , Continental Express , and Legend Airlines for supporting the Shelby Amendment, which lifted Wright Amendment restrictions on flights to Alabama , Kansas , and Mississippi . On October 1, 1998, Legend countersued Fort Worth, accusing the city of a "double standard" in its simultaneous support for Alliance and opposition to expansion at Love. Lead Fort Worth attorney Lee Kelly contested
459-400: The accusations, saying that "neither passenger service, nor any other service, believed to be competitive with the services or interests of [DFW] currently exists [at Alliance]," while Fort Worth mayor Kenneth Barr dismissed attacks on the all-cargo airport as "a bunch of nonsense." On October 29, 1998, State District Judge Bob McCoy dismissed the lawsuit on the grounds that Legend was not
486-644: The airport officially opened on December 14, 1989. Alliance Airport was an occasional source of friction between the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth prior to the repeal of Wright Amendment , which imposed long-distance flight restrictions at Dallas Love Field after non-compete clauses in the 1968 DFW Concurrent Bond Ordinance signed by Dallas and Fort Worth failed to stop Southwest Airlines from beginning service from Love. The bond agreement prohibited both cities from offering municipal airport services that are "potentially competitive" with DFW. Fort Worth officials long asserted that, unlike Love Field, Alliance
513-548: The bond agreement. In 1993, Russian flag carrier Aeroflot proposed opening a cargo base at Alliance as part of a proposed joint venture with the Perots to expand cargo operations at three airports in Russia. On May 6, 1993, a group of Russian officials negotiating for the proposal arrived at Alliance in an Ilyushin Il-96 , the first U.S. visit by the new passenger jet. In 1998,
540-412: The cargo space of other passenger airlines. The primary function of Amazon Air is to transport Amazon packages from distant fulfillment centers that are outside of Amazon's local ground linehaul network for a specific area. Once the buyer's order is flown from the distant fulfillment center to the buyer's region, the package may be transported to the regional Amazon Sortation Center to be routed either to
567-513: The first aircraft the company will own rather than lease. The four 767-300 aircraft were previously under the ownership of WestJet , who purchased them from Qantas in 2015. In January 2021, with passenger air traffic severely depressed and cargo traffic higher due to the COVID-19 pandemic , Amazon announced it had completed the purchase of 11 Boeing 767-300s from Delta Air Lines and WestJet. In March 2021, Amazon exercised its warrants to acquire
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#1732859495808594-496: The first of these aircraft is expected to join the fleet in late 2023. In January 2023, Amazon launched Amazon Prime Air in India in partnership with QuikJet . The service will use two branded Boeing 737-800 freighters to deliver goods in four metro cities: Delhi , Mumbai , Hyderabad , and Bengaluru . The company plans to increase the number of dedicated freighters in India to six by the end of 2023, and will also continue to utilize
621-405: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prime_Air&oldid=1181033615 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Amazon Air Amazon Air (often branded as Prime Air )
648-622: The relocation of nearby sections of Farm to Market Road 156 and a BNSF Railway line. Runways 16R/34L and 16L/34R were previously 8,200 feet (2,500 m) and 9,600 feet (2,900 m) long, respectively. In December, 2022, the airport name was changed to Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport in honor of Ross Perot, Sr . Fort Worth Alliance Airport covers an area of 1,198 acres (485 ha) and has two concrete runways : 16L/34R measuring 11,000 ft × 150 ft (3,353 m × 46 m) and 16R/34L measuring 11,125 ft × 150 ft (3,391 m × 46 m). For
675-412: The year ending March 31, 2023, the airport had 109,652 aircraft operations, averaging 300 per day: 61% general aviation , 18% air carrier , 10% military , and 11% air taxi . As of March 31, 2023, there were 22 aircraft based at this airport: 1 single- engine , 5 multi-engine, 8 jet and 8 helicopter . American Airlines was previously the largest tenant at the airport, operating
702-417: Was accused of trying to make Alliance a negotiating point in his campaign to repeal the Wright Amendment. On February 25, Dallas leaders dropped their objections when it became clear that the planned expansion would not jeopardize federal funding for other local airport projects. On April 8, the city of Fort Worth sued the City of Dallas, accusing Dallas leaders of violating the non-compete clause by scheduling
729-731: Was completed in 2020, while the remaining 479 acres (194 ha) will be developed by 2025–2027 during phase two. Amazon eventually plans to have over 100 aircraft based at CVG with over 200 daily flights and 15,000 employees. In March 2020, Amazon Air reserved the ICAO airline designator "MZN" and "AMAZON" call sign . Both designations were cancelled in March 2021. In July 2020, Amazon Air had secured up to six million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supplied by Shell Aviation and produced by World Energy. In September 2020, Amazon committed to buy four aircraft under their own operations. These are
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