List of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 operators
Appearance
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 | class="unsortable" | MD-11 | MD-11C | MD-11CF | MD-11ER | MD-11Fa | Still in operation |
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Aer Lingus | ![]() |
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1 | Leased from World Airways. | |||||
Aeroflot-Cargo | ![]() |
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3 | Merged back into Aeroflot in 2010. | |||||
Air Canada | ![]() |
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1 | Operated by World Airways. | |||||
Air Namibia | ![]() |
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2 | ||||||
AirAsia | ![]() |
1 | Leased from World Airways. | ||||||
Alitalia | ![]() |
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3 | 5 | MD-11Cs were later converted to freighters. | ||||
American Airlines | ![]() |
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19 | Replaced with the Boeing 777. | |||||
AV Cargo Airlines | ![]() |
3 | Successor to Avient Aviation.[4] | ||||||
Avianca | ![]() |
1 | Leased from World Airways. | ||||||
Avient Aviation | ![]() |
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2 | One written off as Flight 324. Ceased operations in 2013. | |||||
Cargoitalia | ![]() |
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3 | Ceased operations in 2011. | |||||
Centurion Air Cargo | ![]() |
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2 | 3 | Ceased operations in 2018. | ||||
China Airlines | ![]() |
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5 | ||||||
China Cargo Airlines | ![]() |
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9 | ||||||
China Eastern Airlines | ![]() |
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5 | All were later converted to freighters. | |||||
Cielos Airlines | ![]() |
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1 | Leased from Gemini Air Cargo. | |||||
CityBird | ![]() |
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5 | Ceased operations in 2001. | |||||
Delta Air Lines | ![]() |
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17 | Replaced with the Boeing 777. | |||||
El Al | ![]() |
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2 | Leased from World Airways. | |||||
Ethiopian Airlines | ![]() |
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1 | 2 | Passenger variant leased from World Airways. | ||||
Etihad Airways | ![]() |
2 | Operated by World Airways.[5] | ||||||
EVA Air | ![]() |
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3 | 9 | All later converted to freighters.[6][7] | ||||
FedEx Express | ![]() |
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74 | 34 | Most aircraft were acquired from American, China Airlines, Delta, and Swiss. World's largest MD-11 operator. To be retired. | ||||
Finnair | ![]() |
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5 | 2 | Launch customer. Freighters converted from their own MD-11s. | ||||
Garuda Indonesia | ![]() |
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11 | 2 | 5 | Several leased from World Airways. | |||
Gemini Air Cargo | ![]() |
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4 | Ceased operations in 2008. | |||||
Ghana Airways | ![]() |
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1 | Leased from World Airways. | |||||
Global Africa Aviation | ![]() |
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3 | Ceased operations in 2019. | |||||
Japan Airlines | ![]() |
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10 | All sold to UPS Airlines. | |||||
KLM | ![]() |
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10 | Last scheduled MD-11 passenger operation carried out on October 25, 2014.[8] | |||||
Korean Air | ![]() |
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5 | All later converted to freighter. | |||||
LTU International | ![]() |
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4 | All sold to Swissair. | |||||
Lufthansa Cargo | ![]() |
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17 | Last major airline to order MD-11s. Received the very last MD-11 produced.[7] | |||||
MASkargo | ![]() |
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2 | 1 | Leased from World Airways. | ||||
Malaysia Airlines | ![]() |
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3 | Leased from World Airways. | |||||
Mandarin Airlines | ![]() |
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5 | ||||||
Martinair | ![]() |
4 | 2 | ||||||
Monarch Airlines | ![]() |
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1 | 1 | Leased from World Airways. | ||||
Nordic Global Airlines | ![]() |
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4 | Company operations in 2015. | |||||
Philippine Airlines | ![]() |
2 | 2 | Leased from World Airways. | |||||
Sabena | ![]() |
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2 | Leased from CityBird. | |||||
Saudia | ![]() |
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2 | 4 | Two MD-11s were in VIP configuration.[7] | ||||
Shanghai Airlines Cargo | ![]() |
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4 | Integrated into China Cargo Airlines in 2011. | |||||
SkyLease Cargo | ![]() |
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2 | 7 | |||||
SonAir | ![]() |
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1 | Leased from World Airways. | |||||
STAF | ![]() |
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1 | Leased from World Airways. | |||||
Star Europe | ![]() |
1 | Operated by CityBird. | ||||||
Swiss International Air Lines | ![]() |
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16 | ||||||
Swissair | ![]() |
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22 | One written off as Swissair Flight 111. Ceased operation in 2002 Transferred to Swiss International Air Lines. | |||||
Swissair Asia | ![]() |
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2 | Ceased operations in 2001 all aircraft transferred back to Swiss air | |||||
TAM Linhas Aéreas | ![]() |
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2 | 1 | |||||
Thai Airways International | ![]() |
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4 | All sold to UPS Airlines. | |||||
Transmile Air Services | ![]() |
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4 | All sold to FedEx Express. | |||||
UPS Airlines | ![]() |
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43 | 31 | All were acquired from Varig, VASP, JAL, Thai, Swissair, Delta, and Lufthansa Cargo. To be retired. | ||||
USAfrica Airways | ![]() |
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2 | Leased from American Airlines. | |||||
Varig | ![]() |
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23 | 3 | Largest MD-11 passenger operator. | ||||
Varig Logística | ![]() |
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2 | ||||||
VASP | ![]() |
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9 | 1 | |||||
Western Global Airlines | ![]() |
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17 | 17 | |||||
World Airways | ![]() |
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9 | 2 | 9 | Ceased operations in 2014.[9] |
a.^ Includes the converted MD-11BCF variants.
Orders and deliveries
[edit]Customer | Orders | |||||||
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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]- ^ "McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Production List". Planespotters.net.
- ^ MD-11, Planelist.net.
- ^ Roach, John; Eastwood, Anthony (July 2006). Jet Airliner Production List Volume 2. The Aviation Hobby Shop.
- ^ AV Cargo to fly for Avient
- ^ "Etihad contracts World Airways for MD-11 freighter service". Flightglobal.com. October 9, 2007.
- ^ "Taiwan's EVA Air ends MD-11 freighter operations".
- ^ a b c "World Airliner Census", Flight International, August 24–30, 2010.
- ^ [1]. usatoday.com. Retrieved: November 2014.
- ^ About Us. World Airways online.
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.