Not all of the old fuel-guzzling planes sidelined by commercial airlines end up in a desert boneyard during the pandemic. Many find a second life in the fleets of Amazon and other cargo carriers.
Amazon has been among the biggest lessors of converted Boeing 767s in the past five years as online shopping soared — even more so since Covid-19 struck. A limited choice of converted planes and efforts to cap costs have left the virtual retailer with some of the freight industry’s oldest aircraft, many of them pre-dating the company itself.
