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ITS's Future Fleet Plans

Postby J » Tue Aug 11, 2015 12:17 pm

A lot more 767's, fewer MD 10's and A300's.
http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-wh ... 767-2015-8

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Re: ITS's Future Fleet Plans

Postby 3WE » Wed Aug 12, 2015 12:30 am

...fewer MD 10's...
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Re: ITS's Future Fleet Plans

Postby flyboy2548m » Wed Aug 12, 2015 1:10 pm

No surprise there.
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Re: ITS's Future Fleet Plans

Postby J » Wed Jun 20, 2018 10:26 pm

Fed Ex just placed another order for 12 777's and 12 767's.

Boeing wins big 777 and 767 freighter order from FedEx

SEATTLE — Reaping the benefit of a worldwide recovery in air cargo, even amid fears of a global trade war, Boeing on Tuesday announced a big order from air package delivery specialist FedEx Express.

FedEx ordered a dozen 777 freighters for delivery between fiscal 2021 and 2025. While that’s too late to help fill out empty delivery airplane slots on the assembly line in Everett between now and the introduction of the new 777X model in 2020, it will help bolster production in the early, slow-production years of the 777X.

In addition, FedEx ordered a dozen 767 freighters for delivery between fiscal 2020 and 2022, vindicating Boeing’s decision to increase production of that jet by 20 percent from 2.5 to 3 jets per month beginning in 2020.

The combined 767 and 777 order for 24 widebody aircraft is valued at $6.6 billion using Boeing’s list prices. However, market pricing data from aircraft valuation firm Avitas indicates that the real value, after standard discounts, is no more than $2.8 billion.

The April move to hike the 767 production rate was triggered by a strong recovery in the air cargo market over the past two years.

Boeing is well placed to take advantage because it enjoys a monopoly in mid-size and large cargo aircraft with its 767, 777 and 747 freighter jets. Rival jetmaker Airbus focuses on passenger planes almost exclusively and offers no competition for any of those cargo planes.

The boost from FedEx follows one from rival package carrier UPS, which in February ordered 18 jumbo jet 747-8 freighters plus four 767 freighters.

Amazon, which has acquired 40 used 767 freighter jets for its Amazon Air service, is considered a potential future customer for new 767s.

The FedEx order brings Boeing to more than 50 widebody freighters sold so far this year, compared to 11 sold in all of last year.

Recent fears of a potential trade war between the U.S. and major trading counterparts — including China, the European Union and Canada — have raised concern that the air cargo recovery could falter. Indeed, the most recent monthly data released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) indicates a slowdown.

Last year, air freight demand worldwide grew 9percent. In February, the growth rate was 7 percent. In March, it slowed to 2 percent, IATA said.

Still, the FedEx order is a vigorous bet by the U.S. freight carrier that global trade will not be restrained long-term.

David Cunningham, chief executive of FedEx Express, called the order “another positive step in our fleet modernization program as we add more efficient, lower emission aircraft to our global fleet.”

Kevin McAllister, chief executive of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, said the order is “a big vote of confidence in Boeing’s market-leading freighter family and the long-term outlook for air freight.”
https://www.heraldnet.com/business/boe ... rom-fedex/

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Re: ITS's Future Fleet Plans

Postby monchavo » Wed Jun 27, 2018 10:24 pm

They're still making 767s?!
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Re: ITS's Future Fleet Plans

Postby Gabriel » Thu Jun 28, 2018 5:13 am

They're still making 767s?!
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Re: ITS's Future Fleet Plans

Postby J » Thu Sep 19, 2019 6:05 pm

FedEx to park or retire 35 freighters on express headwinds, severed Amazon ties

Most of the article is behind a paywall but you get the idea:

Concurrent with the release of its 1QFY20 earnings, FedEx announced plans to park or retire the equivalent of up to thirty-five MD-10-10F, A310-300F and MD11F aircraft by the end of its next fiscal year. The company blamed weaker than expected express demand on trade friction and other macroeconomic influences battering the industrial sector.

https://cargofacts.com/allposts/logisti ... azon-ties/

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Re: ITS's Future Fleet Plans

Postby J » Thu Sep 19, 2019 7:14 pm

The following website shows that if FedEx retires a total of 35 aircraft, some of the MD's will remain in service.

For example, they show 29 MD10's in service and 60 stored and 56 MD11's in service and 12 stored. Few care about the A300's and A310's so I'll not list them.

https://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/Fed ... xpress.htm

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Re: ITS's Future Fleet Plans

Postby J » Tue Mar 21, 2023 11:19 am

FedEx, UPS Call Time On MD-11 Fleets

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Air cargo giants FedEx and UPS, the two largest remaining operators of the McDonnell Douglas-developed MD-11 freighter, have both announced plans to begin retiring their fleets of aging trijets.

Between them, FedEx and UPS currently operate 94 MD-11s, or almost half of the 200 aircraft delivered between 1990 and 2001. But FedEx, which was launch customer for the factory-built freighter version, has announced plans to phase out the trijet as part of a broad ranging cost-saving and modernization campaign, while UPS began retiring the first of its MD-11s in January.
https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/ ... -11-fleets


Another article states:

Currently, FedEx Express is operating 54 MD-11s, with 20 grounded, but intends to phase them out of the fleet after reaching a “fork in the road ”, explained Mr Subramaniam, adding: “As we now look at the demand environment, we don’t see that high demand coming through. So, we looked at opportunities to rightsize the fleet.”

The group is still waiting on an order of 27 B767-300 freighters, which recently suffered a setback with news of a safety fault in their fuel tanks.

Rival UPS is also waiting for 767-300Fs, with an order for 27. According to Boeing, no 767-300Fs have been delivered so far this year.

https://theloadstar.com/cost-cutting-fe ... -and-777s/


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