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This list of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 operators lists both current and former operators, in transport of cargo and passengers.

Operators

Airline Country Photo MD-11 MD-11C MD-11CF MD-11ER MD-11F Still in
operation 		Notes
Aer Lingus Republic of Ireland 1 Leased from World Airways.
Aeroflot-Cargo Russia 3 Merged back into Aeroflot in 2010.
Air Canada Canada 1 Operated by World Airways.
Air Namibia Namibia 2
AirAsia Malaysia 1 Leased from World Airways.
Alitalia Italy 3 5 MD-11Cs were later converted to freighters.
American Airlines United States 19 Replaced with the Boeing 777.
AV Cargo Airlines Zimbabwe 3 Successor to Avient Aviation.
Avianca Colombia 1 Leased from World Airways.
Avient Aviation Zimbabwe 2 One written off as Flight 324.
Ceased operations in 2013.
Cargoitalia Italy 3 Ceased operations in 2011.
Centurion Air Cargo United States 2 3 Ceased operations in 2018.
China Airlines Taiwan 5
China Cargo Airlines China 9
China Eastern Airlines China 5 All were later converted to freighters.
Cielos Airlines Peru 1 Leased from Gemini Air Cargo.
CityBird Belgium 5 Ceased operations in 2001.
Delta Air Lines United States 17 Replaced with the Boeing 777.
El Al Israel 2 Leased from World Airways.
Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopia 1 2 Passenger variant leased from World Airways.
Etihad Airways United Arab Emirates 2 Operated by World Airways.
EVA Air Taiwan 3 9 All later converted to freighters.
FedEx Express United States 74 34 Most aircraft were acquired from American, China Airlines, Delta, and Swiss.
World's largest MD-11 operator.
To be retired.
Finnair Finland 5 2 Launch customer.
Freighters converted from their own MD-11s.
Garuda Indonesia Indonesia 11 2 5 Several leased from World Airways.
Gemini Air Cargo United States 4 Ceased operations in 2008.
Ghana Airways Ghana 1 Leased from World Airways.
Global Africa Aviation Zimbabwe 3 Ceased operations in 2019.
Japan Airlines Japan 10 All sold to UPS Airlines.
KLM Netherlands 10 Last scheduled MD-11 passenger operation carried out on October 25, 2014.
Korean Air South Korea 5 All later converted to freighter.
LTU International Germany 4 All sold to Swissair.
Lufthansa Cargo Germany 17 Last major airline to order MD-11s.
Received the very last MD-11 produced.
MASkargo Malaysia 2 1 Leased from World Airways.
Malaysia Airlines Malaysia 3 Leased from World Airways.
Mandarin Airlines Taiwan 5
Martinair Netherlands 4 2
Monarch Airlines United Kingdom 1 1 Leased from World Airways.
Nordic Global Airlines Finland 4 Company operations in 2015.
Philippine Airlines Philippines 2 2 Leased from World Airways.
Sabena Belgium 2 Leased from CityBird.
Saudia Saudi Arabia 2 4 Two MD-11s were in VIP configuration.
Shanghai Airlines Cargo China 4 Integrated into China Cargo Airlines in 2011.
SkyLease Cargo United States 2 7
SonAir Angola 1 Leased from World Airways.
STAF Argentina 1 Leased from World Airways.
Star Europe France 1 Operated by CityBird.
Swiss International Air Lines Switzerland 14
Swissair Switzerland 20 One written off as Swissair Flight 111.
Ceased operation in 2002
Transferred to Swiss International Air Lines.
Swissair Asia Taiwan 5 Operated by Swissair.
Ceased operations in 2002.
All but one transferred back to Swissair.
TAM Linhas Aéreas Brazil 2 1
Thai Airways International Thailand 4 All sold to UPS Airlines.
Transmile Air Services Malaysia 4 All sold to FedEx Express.
UPS Airlines United States 43 31 All were acquired from Varig, VASP, JAL, Thai, Swissair, Delta, and Lufthansa Cargo.
To be retired.
USAfrica Airways United States 2 Leased from American Airlines.
Varig Brazil 23 3 Largest MD-11 passenger operator.
Varig Logística Brazil 2
VASP Brazil 9 1
Western Global Airlines United States 17 17
World Airways United States 9 2 9 Ceased operations in 2014.

a. Includes the converted MD-11BCF variants.

Orders and deliveries

Orders and deliveries sortable, presorted by customer
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

  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
  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. ^ "World Airliner Census", Flight International, August 24–30, 2010.
  8. . usatoday.com. Retrieved: November 2014.
  9. About Us. World Airways online.

Notes

  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.
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