Jeff Bezos and Amazon bought 15% of Hawaiian Airlines in exchange for the 10 Airbus A33-300 transaction. Amazon Air now has 97 aircraft and flies to 64 different destinations in the US and Europe. Recall that Amazon also has stakes in Whole Foods, Twitch and One Medical.
Amazon’s investment includes 9.4 million warrants to purchase Hawaiian Airlines stock and, if fully exercised, would represent a $ 110 million investment in the company. The planes Hawaiian Airlines will operate for Amazon will be chartered through Altavair leasing specialists, with Hawaiian providing the staff and support to keep them in the air.
This agreement with Hawaiian Airlines is another such agreement and you agree that Amazon will add ten more aircraft to its range. At the end of 2015, Amazon Air acquired a 19.9% stake in Air Transport Service Group which was supposed to provide them with the use of 20 Airbus 767s.
Jeff Bezos just bought 15% of Hawaiian Airlines
Amazon Air now has a partnership with Silver Airways, AtlasATCO + 0.7% Air, Sun Country Airlines, ASL Airlines Ireland, Air Transport International, ABX Air, Cargojet Airways and now Hawaiian Airlines.
In September 2022, Forbes announced that Jeff Bezos has come off the podium of the ranking dedicated to the richest men in the world. Amazon founder and president Jeff Bezos, whose personal fortune totals $ 150.2 billion, has been surpassed by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani.
Forbes explained that Jeff Bezos’ net worth has fallen 20% since April. In the first six months of 2022, Amazon posted a net loss of $ 5.8 million, compared to a net profit of $ 15.8 million in the same period of 2021.
At the top of the global wealth ranking, with a net worth of $ 265.6 billion, is still Elon Musk. Recently, Elon Musk also talked about possible interests in Italy. In second place in the ranking of the richest men in the world is the French fashion magnate Bernard Arnault, with 165.3 billion dollars.
Founder and president of Amazon, the world’s largest e-commerce company, Bezos is also the founder and CEO of spaceflight Blue Origin and owner of the Washington Post.
