【LetsStart奔驰】双语泛读笔记英语学习素材：电商巨头亚马逊购买飞机壮大货运机队

福克斯新闻Associated Press AP通信2020.1.6

Amazon buys 11 jets for 1st time to ship orders faster

亚马逊为了加速送货，首次购买了11架飞机

亚马逊said Tuesday that it bought 11 jets to boost its growing delivery网络扩展航空货运网络

And get orders to shoppers faster消费者收到快递的速度更快

“having a mix of both leased and owned air craft in our growing fleet allows us to better manage our operations”

Said sarahrhoads，vice president of Amazon global air副总裁

In a blog post。帖子

福克斯新闻

Seattle-based Amazon has been working to deliver most of its packages itself and rely less on ups，the U.S. postal service and other

总部位于美国西雅图的亚马逊专注于自己的物流配送，很少依赖UPS、美国邮政等物流公司

UPS(United Parcel Service，Inc美国联合包裹运输服务公司)

AMAZON DRONES GET FAA OKAY TO FLY无人机配送得到了美国联邦航空局的批准

除了Besides its fleet of planes、AMAZON HAS ALSO Built Several PACKAGE-SORTING HUBS AT

opened warehouses closer to where shoppers live启用用户居住地附近的本地仓库

使用and launched a program that lets contractors start businesses delivering packages in vans stamped with the Amazon logo，小型物流承包商(外包)将使用用亚马逊徽标打印的小型产品

Amazon said the 11 planes、all of which are Boeing 767-300s和will be converted to hold cargo instead of passengers。波音飞机转换成货机

the purchases will bring its total fleet to 85 planes by 2022。到2022年，舰队将拥有85架飞机