List of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 operators

Summary

This list of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 operators lists both current and former operators, in transport of cargo and passengers.[1][2][3][note 1]

Operators edit

Airline Country Photo MD-11 MD-11C MD-11CF MD-11ER MD-11Fa Still in
operation
Notes
Aer Lingus     1 Leased from World Airways.
Aeroflot-Cargo     3 Merged back into Aeroflot in 2010.
Air Canada     1 Operated by World Airways.
Air Namibia     2
AirAsia   1 Leased from World Airways.
Alitalia     3 5 MD-11Cs were later converted to freighters.
American Airlines     19 Replaced with the Boeing 777.
AV Cargo Airlines   3 Successor to Avient Aviation.[4]
Avianca   1 Leased from World Airways.
Avient Aviation     2 One written off as Flight 324.
Ceased operations in 2013.
Cargoitalia     3 Ceased operations in 2011.
Centurion Air Cargo     2 3 Ceased operations in 2018.
China Airlines     5
China Cargo Airlines     9
China Eastern Airlines     5 All were later converted to freighters.
Cielos Airlines     1 Leased from Gemini Air Cargo.
CityBird     5 Ceased operations in 2001.
Delta Air Lines     17 Replaced with the Boeing 777.
El Al     2 Leased from World Airways.
Ethiopian Airlines     1 2 Passenger variant leased from World Airways.
Etihad Airways   2 Operated by World Airways.[5]
EVA Air     3 9 All later converted to freighters.[6][7]
FedEx Express     75 38 Most aircraft were acquired from American Airlines, China Airlines, Delta, and Swiss.
World's largest MD-11 operator.
To be retired.
Finnair     5 2 Launch customer.
Frieghters converted from their own MD-11s.
Garuda Indonesia     11 2 5 Several leased from World Airways.
Gemini Air Cargo     4 Ceased operations in 2008.
Ghana Airways     1 Leased from World Airways.
Global Africa Aviation     3 Ceased operations in 2019.
Japan Airlines     10 All sold to UPS Airlines.
KLM     10 Last scheduled MD-11 passenger operation carried out on October 25, 2014.[8]
Korean Air     5 All later converted to freighter.
LTU International     4 All sold to Swissair.
Lufthansa Cargo     17 Last major airline to order MD-11s.
Received the very last MD-11 produced.[7]
MASkargo     2 1 Leased from World Airways.
Malaysia Airlines     3 Leased from World Airways.
Mandarin Airlines     5
Martinair     4 2
Monarch Airlines     1 1 Leased from World Airways.
Nordic Global Airlines     4 Company operations in 2015.
Philippine Airlines   2 2 Leased from World Airways.
Sabena     2 Leased from CityBird.
Saudia     2 4 Two MD-11s were in VIP configuration.[7]
Shanghai Airlines Cargo     4 Integrated into China Cargo Airlines in 2011.
SkyLease Cargo     2 7
SonAir     1 Leased from World Airways.
STAF     1 Leased from World Airways.
Star Europe   1 Operated by CityBird.
Swiss International Air Lines     14
Swissair     20 One written off as Swissair Flight 111.
Ceased operation in 2002
Transferred to Swiss International Air Lines.
Swissair Asia     5 Operated by Swissair.
Ceased operations in 2001. All but one transferred to Swissair and later Swiss.
TAM Linhas Aéreas     2 1
Thai Airways International     4 All sold to UPS Airlines.
Transmile Air Services     4 All sold to FedEx Express.
UPS Airlines     43 35 All were acquired from Varig, VASP, JAL, Thai, Swissair, Delta, and Lufthansa Cargo.
To be retired.
USAfrica Airways     2 Leased from American Airlines.
Varig     23 3 Largest MD-11 passenger operator.
Varig Logística     2
VASP     9 1
Western Global Airlines     17 17
World Airways     9 2 9 Ceased operations in 2014.[9]

a.^ Includes the converted MD-11BCF variants.

Orders and deliveries edit

Orders and deliveries sortable, presorted by customer
Orders
MD-11 MD-11C MD-11CF MD-11ER MD-11F Total GE PW
Alitalia 3 5 8 8
American Airlines 19 19 19
China Airlines 4 4 4
China Eastern Airlines 5 1 6 6
City Bird 2 1 3 2 1
Delta Air Lines 15 15 15
EVA Air 3 8 11 11
FedEx Express 22 22 19 3
Finnair 4 4 4
Garuda Indonesia 6 3 9 9
GATX 1 1 1
Guinness Peat Aviation 1 1 2 2
ILFC 4 1 1 6 6
Japan Airlines 10 10 10
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2 2 2
KLM 10 10 10
Korean Air 5 5 5
Lufthansa Cargo 14 14 14
LTU International 4 4 4
Martinair 4 2 6 6
Mitsui & Co. 5 5 5
Saudia 4 4 4
Swissair 16 16 16
Thai Airways International 4 4 4
Varig 4 4 4
VASP 4 4 4
World Airways 2 2 2
Total 131 5 5 6 53 200 119 81

References edit

  1. ^ "McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Production List". Planespotters.net.
  2. ^ MD-11, Planelist.net.
  3. ^ Roach, John; Eastwood, Anthony (July 2006). Jet Airliner Production List Volume 2. The Aviation Hobby Shop.
  4. ^ AV Cargo to fly for Avient Archived 2013-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Etihad contracts World Airways for MD-11 freighter service". Flightglobal.com. October 9, 2007.
  6. ^ "Taiwan's EVA Air ends MD-11 freighter operations".
  7. ^ a b c "World Airliner Census", Flight International, August 24–30, 2010.
  8. ^ [1]. usatoday.com. Retrieved: November 2014.
  9. ^ About Us. World Airways online.

Notes edit

  1. ^ This list is missing the UPS fleet of approximately 35 aircraft. World Airways also operated 8 MD-11s: 3 PAX, 1 F, 2 CF, and 2 PAX ERs.