Early morning departure by an Amazon Air Boeing 767-300 freighter from Portland International. There are 70 aircraft now in Prime Air colors- 28 737-800BCF (Boeing Converted Freighter) and 48 Boeing 767-300 freighters which are a mix of BCFs (Boeing Converted Freighter) and BDSF (Bedek Division Special Freighter from Israeli Aircraft Industries) aircraft. Atlas Air and Air Transport International operate the 767s for Prime Air. Amazon began operations in 2015 as a trial run out of Wilmington Air Park in Ohio under the code name Project Aerosmith. In March 2016, Amazon secured a stake in Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), the parent company of Air Transport International as part of its launch of cargo operations using wet-leased aircraft from ATSG. In December 2017, the company which was known as Amazon Prime Air, did a slight rebranding to Amazon Air to differentiate from the planned Amazon Prime Air drone delivery service though the aircraft still have Prime Air titles. Amazon also plans to acquire a minority stakeholding in Atlas Air. #avgeek #aviation #airlines #KPDX #PDX #Portland #Oregon #airport #planespotting #instaplane #Boeing #767 #Amazon #PrimeAir #AirTransportInternational #AtlasAir #instagramaviation #splendid_transport #instaaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #flight #AvGeeksAero #AvGeekNation #AvGeekSchoolofKnowledge (at Portland International Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQSaRMYJrQ9/?utm_medium=tumblr
