Boeing to convert five MD-11s to freighters

Citation

(2004), "Boeing to convert five MD-11s to freighters", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 76 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.2004.12776bab.026

Boeing to convert five MD-11s to freighters

Boeing to convert five MD-11s to freighters

The Boeing Company is helping Lufthansa Cargo to improve its operational efficiency by converting five MD-11 passenger airplanes into freighters and updating them with features such as the flight deck and cargo handling system so that they are consistent across Lufthansa Cargo's fleet.

The conversions are part of the carrier's fleet-standardization plan. The MD-11s will replace 747-200s in the Lufthansa Cargo fleet and increase to 19 the number of MD-11s the carrier operates.

Boeing Commercial Aviation Services will provide detailed engineering design work and oversight of the Lufthansa Cargo conversions, with SASCO, a subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Aerospace, providing touch labour on the airplanes.

Modification work will begin in June 2004. The first two airplanes will be redelivered to Lufthansa Cargo in mid-December of that year. Two more airplanes will be completed in January 2005, with the final to be complete in February 2005.

In total, Boeing has converted more than 40 MD-11 passenger airplanes to freighters.