List of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 operators

The list of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 operators lists both former and current operators of the aircraft, in transport of cargo and passengers.[1][2][3][note 1]

Airline	Country	Photo	MD-11	MD-11C	MD-11CF	MD-11ER	MD-11F	MD-11BCF	Notes	Ref.
Aer Lingus	Ireland		1						Leased from World Airways
Aeroflot-Cargo	Russia						3
Air Canada	Canada						1		Operated by World Airways
Air Europa	Spain		1
Air Namibia	Namibia		2
Alitalia	Italy		3	5				5	MD-11Cs later converted to freight-only
American Airlines	United States		19						Replaced with Boeing 777 aircraft
ASACO	Saudi Arabia		1						Operated by Mid East Jet
AV Cargo	Zimbabwe						2		Up to 3 due, new successor flying for Avient Aviation	[4]
Avianca	Colombia					1			Leased from World Airways
Avient Aviation	Zimbabwe						3
Cargoitalia	Italy						3
Centurion Air Cargo	United States						4			[5]
China Airlines	Taiwan		3
China Cargo Airlines	China						3
China Eastern Airlines	China		5						All later converted to freighter.
Cielos Airlines	Peru				1
City Bird	Belgium		6						Two operated for SABENA
Delta Air Lines	United States		17						Replaced with Boeing 777 aircraft
El Al	Israel					2			Operated by World Airways
Ethiopian Airlines	Ethiopia						2		Received its first MD-11F on January 31, 2009. Retired in 2015.	[6][7]
Etihad Airways	United Arab Emirates						2		Operated by World Airways
EVA Air	Taiwan		3				5		All later converted to freighters; freighters phased out in March 2015	[8][9]
Fedex Express	United States							59	BCFs were acquired from American Airlines, China Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and Swiss International Air Lines. largest MD11 fleet	[2][9]
Finnair	Finland		7					1	Launch customer, BCF converted from own MD-11
Garuda Indonesia	Indonesia		11		2	5
Gemini Air Cargo	United States						4
Ghana Airways	Ghana		1						Leased from World Airways.
Global Africa Cargo	Zimbabwe						1
Japan Airlines	Japan		10
KLM	Netherlands		10						Last scheduled MD-11 passenger operation carried out on October 25, 2014.	[10]
Korean Air	South Korea		5			1		5	All later converted to freighter.
LTU International Airways	Germany		4
Lufthansa Cargo	Germany						6	5	The last major airline to order MD-11s. Received the very last MD-11 produced. BCFs coming from Alitalia (3) and VARIG (2).	[9]
MASkargo	Malaysia				2		1
Malaysia Airlines	Malaysia		3						Leased from World Airways
Mandarin Airlines	Taiwan		5
Martinair	Netherlands				4		1	1
Mid East Jet	Saudi Arabia		1						Operated for ASACO
Monarch Airlines	United Kingdom		1			2			Leased from World Airways
Nordic Global Airlines	Finland						4		Company operations end 31 May 2015
Philippine Airlines	Philippines				2	2
SABENA	Belgium		2
Saudia	Saudi Arabia		2				4		Two were MD-11s in VIP configuration.	[9][11]
Servicios de Transportes Aéreos Fueguinos	Argentina				1
Shanghai Airlines Cargo	China						3		Integrated into China Cargo Airlines
SkyLease Cargo	United States				2		7		Formerly Tradewinds Airlines
SonAir	Angola					1			Lease from World Airways
Star Airlines	France		1
Swiss International Air Lines	Switzerland		14						Formerly Swissair fleet
Swissair	Switzerland		20						Ceased operation on the 31st of March 2002 Transferred to Swiss International Air Lines largest MD11 passenger fleet
TAM Linhas Aéreas	Brazil		2			1
Thai Airways	Thailand		4
UPS	United States						39		From Varig, VASP, JAL,Thai, Swissair, Delta. 2 used aircraft from Lufthansa Cargo joined the fleet in February 2020. [12]
USAfrica Airways	United States		2						Leased from American Airlines
VARIG	Brazil		24			2			largest Brazilian MD-11 passenger fleet
Varig Logistica	Brazil						2
VASP	Brazil		9			1
Western Global Airlines	United States						5	6	9 currently flying, 2 pending addition to the certificate
World Airways	United States		9			2	9			[1][13][7][14]