Amazon’s presence in the skies continues to grow rapidly, according to a new report, with an average of 164 flights a day now dedicated to moving the ecommerce giant’s stock across the US.
The company’s air cargo expansion, which included the opening of an 800,000 sq ft hub in Cincinnati in August, point to it positioning itself as a provider of delivery services to third parties, in competition with the likes of UPS and FedEx, the report suggested.
“There is no sign of Amazon slowing down their gearing up for expanded next-day delivery,” said the report’s lead author, Professor Joseph Schwieterman, from the Chaddick Institute at DePaul University.
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