Now 33 years old, the former MD-11 prototype is currently still operated by FedEx.
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Amid uncertain freight market prospects and an influx of more efficient Boeing twinjet replacements, FedEx and UPS, the two largest remaining operators of the McDonnell Douglas-developed MD-11 freighter, both have announced plans to begin retiring their fleets of the aging trijets. Between them...
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