Company’s First Air Cargo Plane Flies In Seattle’s Annual Seafair Air Show Parade

The first branded Amazon Prime air cargo Boeing 767 has been publicly unveiled with a flyover of the Seafair Air Show Parade in Seattle, WA.

“Creating an air transportation network is expanding our capacity to ensure great delivery speeds for our Prime members for years to come,” said Dave Clark, Amazon’s senior vice president of worldwide operations. “I cannot imagine a better way to celebrate the inaugural flight than in our hometown at Seafair alongside Amazon employees and Seattle residents.”

The airplane, named Amazon One, is one of 40 that Amazon has agreed to lease through air cargo partners Atlas Air and ATSG. There are currently 11 dedicated airplanes flying for Amazon as of today with additional airplanes rolling out over time. In a nod to its Prime members, Amazon’s first airplane in its dedicated fleet features a tail number made up of a prime number.

USA Today reports that the flyover was listed in the parade program only as a "Special Guest Flyover" and preceded the Blue Angels.

(Image provided with Amazon news release)

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