Originally Posted by
iPilot
No way even Atlas could find enough financing to get the airplanes needed since they have only a 5 year contract to back up the financing.
Just a small correction: Atlas has a 7 year contract to operate the aircraft; but more importantly, Amazon agreed to sign 10 years leases on each aircraft that Atlas (Titan) acquired to operate. So there is a 10 year lease to back up the financing.
Otherwise, I agree with everything in your post, especially that Amazon doesn't need to make money on their transportation system, they just need to spend less than they are paying FedEx and UPS to operate the transportation system for them.