The 767 cargo model with a blue and white color theme garnered cheers from spectators on hundreds of boats and tens of thousands of spectators along the shores of Lake Washington waiting in anticipation of the US Navy’s F-16 Blue Angel performance, however the gesture of showmanship was superseded by the underlying reality of the company’s escalating shipping costs ultimately threatening sales profits.
In order to alleviate fiscal discrepancies, the company plans a counter-innovative move to acquire 40 aircraft on lease terms, including 20 from Boeing contractor Atlas Air. Atlas currently ferries 787 Dreamliner parts between South Carolina and Seattle with a guppy shaped iteration of the 747 known as the Dreamlifter. With a viable fleet of cargo planes, Amazon hopes to breach the competitive airborne freight delivery dominated by Fed-Ex and UPS.
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