Amazon’s Prime Air unit is reducing the number of scheduled cargo flights it operates across Europe with Dublin-based ASL Airlines. The reduction means that 28 pilots based in Germany, on contract to ASL from aviation recruitment firm CAE Parc Aviation, will no longer be required.
Confirming the cuts an Amazon spokesperson said: “We are constantly evaluating and refining our network to ensure we can provide customers fast, reliable delivery. We are reducing some Amazon Air flights in Europe, which won’t have any impact on the existing delivery experience that customers can expect from Amazon in the region.”
ASL currently operates 14 converted cargo B737s on behalf of Prime Air. The aircraft are a mix of owned or leased directly by ASL and others that are owned or leased directly by Prime Air. Each of the aircraft can carry up to 24 tonnes of cargo per trip. Two 737s from the Prime Air fleet, which are operated by ASL based out of Leipzig in Germany, are near retirement and will be retired. An ASL spokesperson confirmed the schedule and staffing reductions but declined to comment on specific customers.
