All Chaddick Institute of Metropolitan Development articles

  • Amazon US flights
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    Amazon Air expands capacity and simplifies network

    2024-03-21T17:05:23Z

    Amazon Air expanded its air cargo capacity last year through the addition of larger aircraft but also simplified its network and conducted fewer flights.The latest study from The Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development shows that in the five weeks running to March 12, Amazon Air increased its US tonnage capacity ...

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    Amazon Air slows expansion as e-commerce demand flattens

    2022-09-21T10:44:18Z

    Amazon Air has "greatly reduced" its overall rate of expansion since March in response to a slowdown in e-commerce sales figures, according to new research.Total Amazon Air flight activity grew by 3.8% between August 2021 and March 2022, compared to 14.3% during the previous six months, found researchers at Chaddick ...