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Un trabajador pasa junto a un Boeing 767 con las letras "Prime Air" en el fuselaje, el jueves 4 de agosto de 2016, en un hangar de Boeing en Seattle. (AP Foto/Ted S. Warren)

Amazon has a rare opportunity to snatch up cheap planes and take on FedEx: Now could be the best time for Amazon (AMZN) to dramatically increase the size of its air fleet. That’s according to Bank of America analyst Justin Post, who sees the depressed price of aircraft, coupled with the massive increase in demand for delivery services spurred by the coronavirus pandemic, as a golden opportunity for the e-commerce giant to pump cash into its Amazon Air division. READ MORE

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