Lufthansa Cargo’s last MD-11 freighter flight lands at Frankfurt Airport
Lufthansa Cargo on Sunday announced that the end of the commercial service of its last MD-11 freighter after more than 23 years.
The last Lufthansa Cargo MD-1 Flight LH8161 from New York (JFK) touched down ahead of schedule at 12:03 p.m. local time on runway 07R of Frankfurt Airport.
The aircraft with registration D-ALCC, also the last MD-11F registered in Europe, will now be sold to an American cargo airline.
"We are very grateful to our MD-11F fleet for over two decades of loyal service. We know that this particular aircraft has an incredible number of fans, throughout our colleagues at Lufthansa as well as among aviation enthusiasts worldwide. The decisive factor for the introduction of the MD-11F at Lufthansa Cargo in the late nineties was its significantly better fuel efficiency compared to the widebody freighter previously used. In the future, we will rely on the twin-engine Boeing 777F for the same reason," said Dorothea von Boxberg, chairman of the executive board and CEO of Lufthansa Cargo.
