Amazon has also teamed up with another U.S. airline, Sun Country, to fly cargo jets.
"These A330-300s will not only be the first of their kind in our fleet, they'll also be the newest, largest aircraft for Amazon Air, allowing us to deliver more customer packages with each flight," Philippe Karam, director of Amazon global air fleet and sourcing, said in an Airbus news release.
Air cargo was a hot segment of aviation during the pandemic when consumer travel plunged and port snarls drove up rates, but the market has since cooled. A surge in travel has meant more capacity has entered the market in passenger belly planes, port congestion eased and consumer habits shifted, driving down the cost of air cargo.
Under the agreement, Hawaiian is issuing warrants for Amazon to acquire up to 15% of its stock, exercisable over the next nine years. Amazon has similar agreements with other air cargo providers ATSG and Atlas. Hawaiian said it will set up a pilot base in the continental U.S. and hire more aviators, mechanics and dispatchers to support its Amazon flying.Also on CNBC
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