“The boom in e-commerce has provided strong lift for the cargo carrier Atlas Air, one of the two contractors for Amazon.com’s budding air delivery operation Amazon Air. But Atlas’ rapid growth has come amid labor strife with its pilots, who claim that substandard pay and working conditions have led to high turnover and strained operations.
“Since 2010, Atlas Air’s fleet has expanded to 112 aircraft from 29, including 51 Boeing 747s, making it the world’s largest operator of the jumbo jet.
“Almost a quarter of its fleet growth has been to serve Amazon. Over the past two years the Purchase, N.Y.-based company has added 20 Boeing 767 freighters that have been emblazoned with Amazon’s livery.
“On Saturday afternoon, one of those 767s crashed while approaching Houston from Miami; the three aboard are believed to be dead. The cause is unclear.”
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