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Cargo firm that works with Amazon.com now flying from Charlotte

By Rick Rothacker

October 10, 2016 4:46 PM

Amazon.com boxes are shown stacked near a Boeing 767 Amazon “Prime Air” cargo plane on display Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, in a Boeing hangar in Seattle. Amazon unveiled its first branded cargo plane Thursday, one of 40 jetliners that will make up Amazon's own air transportation network of 40 Boeing jets leased from Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings and Air Transport Services Group Inc., which will operate the air cargo network. Ted S. Warren AP

An air cargo service that works with online retailer Amazon.com is now operating from Charlotte Douglas International Airport, airport officials said Monday.

The airport was contacted mid-summer by ABX Air “regarding available cargo space and ramp space to accommodate 767 aircraft for an undisclosed client,” the airport said. ABX Air now operates from a 43,000 square-foot cargo building at the airport, with flights beginning in August.

Ohio-based Air Transport Services Group announced in March agreements with Amazon Fulfillment Services, an Amazon.com subsidiary, to operate an air cargo network to serve Amazon customers. The agreements included leasing 20 Boeing 767s to Amazon, with the planes operated by ATSG’s airlines, ABX Air and Air Transport International.

In March, Amazon executive Dave Clark said the agreement with ATSG supplemented Amazon’s delivery network “to support one- and two-day delivery for customers.” Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday.

The retailer showed off its first Amazon Prime Air branded air cargo plane in August.

Staff writer Ely Portillo contributed

This story was originally published October 10, 2016 at 4:46 PM with the headline "Cargo firm that works with Amazon.com now flying from Charlotte."

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