The tri-jet era within Lufthansa Group arrivedó to its end: the 17 October, the úlatest MD-11F Lufthansa Cargo landedó not Frankfurt. Press photos Lufthansa Cargo
On Sunday (17 October 2021), the único MD-11 de Lufthansa Cargo en operationón landedó at Frankfurt airport úlast time with flight LH8161 from New York (JFK) landedó ahead of schedule at 12:03 p.m. local time on runway 07R. This markedó the end of commercial service of the type of avión three-engine MD-11F at Lufthansa Cargo afterés of más de 23 añthose of service.
They are úlast landing leftó registered in vídeo from the aerol teamínea:
the grandfatherón with D-ALCC registration, spaghettién the úlast MD-11F registered in Europe, now it will be soldá to an airplaneíAmerican cargo line.
«We are very grateful to our MD-11F fleet for más of two défalls of loyal service. We know that this avión in particular has an númere increíbecame the fanáticos, among our colleagues at Lufthansa and among aviation enthusiasts.ón all over the world. The decisive factor for the introductionón of the MD-11F at Lufthansa Cargo in the late 1990s was its significantly better fuel efficiency compared toón with the wide-body freighter used previously. In the future, we will trust him Boeing 777F twin engine for the same reasonón «, said Dorothea von Boxberg, Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of Lufthansa Cargo.
Lufthansa Cargo receiptó its first two MD-11 freighters (with marriageíD-ALCA and D-ALCB cules) in june 1998, followed by the third avión in August of the same añor and with D-ALCC registration. Total, Lufthansa Cargo operaó nineteen MD-11, including the úlast manufactured (D-ALCN record, núserial grouper 48806, delivered on 25 of January of 2001) and the úlast delivered (D-ALCM register, núserial grouper 48805, delivered 22 February of 2001) aircraft of this type.
The MD-11 freighter has 61,4 meters long with a wingspan of 51,7 meters and a height of up to 18 meters. It has a load capacity of up to 94,7 tons, divided into 26 positions on the main deck and up to 14 más on the lower deck. Lufthansa Cargo freighters were powered by three jet enginesón General Electric CF6-80C2D1F, each one with a push isándar of 273,57 kN. The weight mátakeoff time (MTOW) it was of 285,99 tons métricks, which results in a reach of 7.242 kilómeters.
Since November 2013, Lufthansa Cargo has gradually replaced the MD-11F freighters with freighters Boeing 777 twin-engine, which are much más quiet and operate with lower emissions.
