Fuel costs, maintenance costs, and not as much range as McDonnell Douglas originally promised, meant that most passenger operators of the MD-11 dropped the type pretty quick. They made great cargo planes though, and it's that fact that there are still any MD11s flying in 2024. Even in cargo service their time is running out though, they will all be parked before too long
@@LevelFlightIndeed, exactly. EG Lufthansa Cargo fleeted their last remaining MD-11 out two or three years ago. Now FedEx, UPS and Western Global are the only remaining Operators - and even they started now a reduction of their MD-11-Fleets. An additional reason is that most of the remaining MD-11 Freighters are now really aged planes. The UPS in the Video is 29.5 years old and that´s nowadays usual with them.
Fantastic catches 👏
Awesome video!
Thank you very much! Really great Capture´s!🙂👍👍👍
MD-11’s are so neat. Only cargo. Why? Fuel ⛽️ costs?
Thanks for the video!
sadly all the MD 11 are going away before too long.
Fuel costs, maintenance costs, and not as much range as McDonnell Douglas originally promised, meant that most passenger operators of the MD-11 dropped the type pretty quick. They made great cargo planes though, and it's that fact that there are still any MD11s flying in 2024. Even in cargo service their time is running out though, they will all be parked before too long
@@LevelFlightIndeed, exactly. EG Lufthansa Cargo fleeted their last remaining MD-11 out two or three years ago. Now FedEx, UPS and Western Global are the only remaining Operators - and even they started now a reduction of their MD-11-Fleets. An additional reason is that most of the remaining MD-11 Freighters are now really aged planes. The UPS in the Video is 29.5 years old and that´s nowadays usual with them.