Tag Archives: MD-11

World Airways extends MD-11 freighter contract with Etihad Crystal Cargo

World Airways McDonnell Douglas MD-11 N803DE (msn 48474) LHR (Antony J. Best) (once painted in the 1960 retro livery), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

World Airways (Atlanta) has extended a contract with Etihad Crystal Cargo (Abu Dhabi) to provide two MD-11 cargo aircraft into 2011, operating on scheduled routes to Europe, Asia and Africa.

Etihad introduced all-cargo services in February 2005. It currently operates a fleet of regional freighter aircraft including two Airbus A300-600RF aircraft and its first A330F.

Copyright Photo: Antony J. Best. Previously operated by Delta, World painted this McDonnell Douglas MD-11 N803DE (msn 48474) in the classic 1960 livery. The airframe is now with UPS.

Lufthansa Cargo McDonnell Douglas MD-11F D-ALCQ crashes at Riyadh

Lufthansa Cargo McDonnell Douglas MD-11F D-ALCQ (msn 48431) FRA (Jay Selman) (crashed Riyadh July 27, 2010), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Lufthansa Cargo’s (Frankfurt) McDonnell Douglas MD-11F D-ALCQ (msn 48431) crashed on landing at Riyadh today (July 27). The freighter caught on fire as it was landing, crashed and split into two sections. The pilot and the first officer were slightly injured and were taken to the hospital.

FedEx Corporation reports higher fourth quarter and full year earnings

FedEx Express McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (F) N586FE (msn 48487) ANC (Brian McDonough), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

FedEx Corporation (Memphis) reported fourth quarter net income of $419 million, up from last year’s net loss of $876 million.

For the fiscal full year, net income of $1.18 billion was reported, up from last year’s $98 million.

Air France-KLM loss grows in fourth quarter and the fiscal year

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-11 PH-KCK (msn 48564) YUL (Gilbert Hechema), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Air France (Paris) and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) reported its net loss widened in the fourth quarter as the global economic crisis hammered freight and passenger traffic, resulting in its biggest loss in more than 15 years.

Europe’s largest airline group reported a net loss of $859 million for the three months ending on March 31

Read the full report in Business Week:

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9FQ1HQG1.htm

Copyright Photo: Gilbert Hechema. A great picture of KLM’s McDonnell Douglas MD-11 PH-KCK (msn 48564) climbing away from Montreal (Trudeau). KLM is one of the last operators of the passenger model of the MD-11 with a fleet of 10 MD-11s.

Finnair retires the McDonnell Douglas MD-11

Finnair McDonnell Douglas MD-11 OH-LGG (msn 48753) (Official airline of Santa Claus) JFK (Eric Dunetz) (Finnair retires the MD-11), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Finnair (Helsinki) today (February 22) operated its last scheduled passenger flight with a McDonnell Douglas MD-11. OH-LGG (msn 48753) operated flight AY 022 from Delhi to Helsinki. The same aircraft will fly at least one charter flight from Vancouver to Helsinki on March 2. The two MD-11s owned by Finnair are for sale. The possibility of continuing to use them in Finnair’s cargo operation is also being assessed. The MD-11 flew around 400,000 flying hours and had more than 50,000 landings. Overall the fleet carried around 14 million passengers.

Please click on the link below for the full story.

http://airlinersgallery.com/2/291da70/#/gallery/finnair/finnair-md-11-oh-lgg-00-santa-claus-apr-jfk-edz-lr-904615/

Aeroflot Cargo was merged back into Aeroflot on December 1, 2009

Aeroflot Cargo McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (F) VP-BDQ (msn 48504) HHN (merged back into Aeroflot on December 1, 2009), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Aeroflot Cargo (Moscow) was rolled back into Aeroflot Russian Airlines on December 1, 2009. The bankrupt subsidiary was operating two Boeing 737-300 (F) freighters and five McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (F) freighters. The “Cargo” portion of the titles are now being removed.

Copyright Photo: Jens Polster. McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (F) VP-BDQ (msn 48504) climbs away from Hahn Airport near Frankfurt.

Avient takes delivery of a second MD-11F

Copyright Photo: Rainer Bexten. Ex-VARIGlog McDonnell Douglas MD-11F Z-BVT (msn 48410, ex N575SH/PR-LGE) departed Miami on delivery January 27. It is pictured arriving at the European base of Liege the following day.

Avient Aviation (Harare and Liege) has taken delivery of its second McDonnell Douglas MD-11F freighter. Tragically the company lost the first (Z-BAV, msn 48408) on November 28, 2009 on takeoff at Shanghai.

Avient Aviation to add its first MD-11F freighter

Avient Aviation (Harare) is getting ready to add its first McDonnell Douglas MD-11F freighter.

FedEx’s fiscal 1Q profit drops by 53 percent

Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing. Please click on photo for more photos.

FedEx Corporation (FedEx Express) (Memphis) reported fiscal first quarter (ending on August 31) net earnings of $181 million, representing a drop of 53 percent.

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/FedEx-Corp-Reports-First-bw-2798246774.html?x=0&.v=1