{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","contentId":"00000197-d55e-d666-a9ff-d75f06110000","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.in/news/operations/amazon-air-delivery-in-india","headline":"How Amazon Air is transforming India's delivery landscape","description":"Amazon Air is revolutionizing e-commerce logistics in India with dedicated cargo planes, 12-city coverage, and 99% on-time delivery. Learn how Amazon Air powering faster, next-day deliveries nationwide. ","datePublished":"2025-07-04T12:35:43.438Z","dateModified":"2025-07-04T12:35:43.438Z","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ranjani Rajendra","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.in/author/ranjani-rajendra","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/1aa81b4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3024x3024+629+0/resize/84x84!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fd5%2Fbe%2F6adc5549438eb2d316d19ffdce7e%2Franjani.jpg","width":"84","height":"84"}}],"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/bfc5393/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6593x4395+611+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F0d%2Ff9%2F279fa5be44baa4c9c72f09b52ecf%2Famazon-air.jpeg","width":"300","height":"200"},"articleBody":"![How Amazon Air is transforming e-commerce delivery in India](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/bfc5393/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6593x4395+611+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F0d%2Ff9%2F279fa5be44baa4c9c72f09b52ecf%2Famazon-air.jpeg)\n\n# How Amazon Air is transforming India's delivery landscape\n\n*With dedicated freighters, strong reliability metrics, and strategic expansion to 12 cities since its launch in 2023, Amazon Air is taking e-commerce delivery to new heights.*\n\nTwo years since [Amazon Air first took off in India](https://www.aboutamazon.in/news/operations/amazon-air-takes-off-in-india), it has transformed the country’s e-commerce delivery landscape. Amazon India is the only e-commerce company in the country with its own dedicated air cargo fleet. Operating two narrow-body aircraft, Amazon Air now transports tens of thousands of packages daily. This year, Amazon India is set to air ship nearly twice the number of packages it did at launch.\n\nAmazon Air has not only expanded its network but is also playing a big part in boosting Amazon India’s ability to deliver next-day shipments faster than before. This efficiency has established Amazon Air as a leader in India's ecommerce logistics airspace and is crucial as Amazon gears up for [Prime Day 2025](https://www.aboutamazon.in/news/retail/amazon-prime-day-2025-date).\n\n![Amazon Prime Day exclusive deals revealed](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/1ff371d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/7032x4688+651+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F48%2F3e%2F033c1f754db7a96dc1aae3516a61%2Fpd-date-annouce-2000x1125.png)\n\n- [Amazon Prime Day deals 2025: Up to 75% off on electronics, apparels and more](https://www.aboutamazon.in/news/retail/prime-day-2025-deals-revealed)\n\n## Taxiing for growth and efficiency\n\n> In India, Prime Day kicks off a high-energy season where we flex Amazon Air up to 2x capacity—ensuring customers get their orders with safety, reliability, and speed, always in that order.\n> — Sumit Sharda \n\nAmazon Air has significantly enhanced the company's delivery capabilities across India. This is in addition to its existing passenger airline belly space network. The impact on next-day delivery has been particularly significant, with air-shipped packages growing 2x since launch.\n\n![Seller rewards to boost Indian small businesses this Prime Day 2025](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/c47fb0e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5873x3915+544+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F5e%2F8d%2Fa4a76c9d48a49e4c7bf5aa7dafae%2Fseller-prime-day2025.jpeg)\n\n- [Prime Day 2025: Amazon India offers seller-focused initiatives](https://www.aboutamazon.in/news/small-business/amazon-prime-day-boost-small-business-india)\n\nWhat truly sets Amazon Air apart in the country’s logistics landscape is its operational excellence. According to internal data, the service has maintained an industry-best on-time performance of over 99% month over month.\n\n## Expanding reach across India\n\nWhen Amazon Air launched in India in 2023, it served four major cities: Hyderabad, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Delhi. While maintaining these core flight routes, the service has strategically expanded by integrating multimodal connections, now effectively serving 12 cities across the country.\n\n![Prime Day 2025: Benefits of a Prime membership](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/e203942/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1688x1125+156+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fdc%2F5c%2Fc1823ccf4de59412b480ef32cceb%2F2025primeday-hero-2000x1125-20.jpg)\n\n- [Amazon Prime vs non-Prime: Key benefits that make a Prime membership worth it](https://www.aboutamazon.in/news/retail/prime-vs-non-prime-for-prime-day-2025)\n\nAmazon Air's two freighters operate overnight connecting metros such as Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Pune—city pairs that aren't otherwise feasible for one-day delivery via rail or road. The service also operates 8 additional air-rail multimodal connections. For example, the Hyderabad-Delhi flight uplifts packages for cities such as Amritsar, Jalandhar, and Ajmer.\n\nIn non-metro cities, Amazon leverages belly cargo from commercial flights and partnerships with freighter operators to extend its reach. In total, over 100 origin-destination pairs are served through Amazon's comprehensive air network (Amazon Air+belly cargo).\n\n## Meeting unique challenges with innovation\n\nIndia presents unique challenges for air logistics that Amazon Air has successfully navigated. Unlike other regions where Amazon operates, India's air network is built to support high-volume one-day delivery.\n\nThe process is precisely orchestrated: customers place orders throughout the day, origin nodes consolidate and dispatch these orders by late evening, linehaul to airport terminals occurs between late evening and night, aircraft fly overnight, and last-mile connections to customers happen the following day.\n\n![An Amazon employee working at a fulfilment centre](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/1bcf08c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1350x900+125+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F2e%2Fd9%2F25cbda904ccf80fe497551f93db7%2Ffc-tours-hero.jpg)\n\n- [Amazon opens its fulfilment centres to the public](https://www.aboutamazon.in/news/operations/amazon-fulfilment-centre-tours-delhi-bengaluru)\n\n## Looking to the future\n\nAs Amazon Air continues to evolve and expand in India, its unique position as the only e-commerce company with dedicated aircraft is transforming the delivery experience for customers nationwide, ensuring faster deliveries with unmatched reliability and efficiency.","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"About Amazon","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com","sameAs":["https://x.com/amazonnews","https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon","https://www.instagram.com/amazonnews"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/bd/8f/88e7b0314cc2bd05b9de3155a0fe/amazon-news.svg"},"parentOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Amazon","url":"https://www.amazon.com","sameAs":["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3884","https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company)","https://x.com/Amazon"]}}}