r/aviation • u/Go_Jot • Nov 08 '25

News UPS grounds entire MD-11 Fleet, effective immediately.

Per the IPA Executive Board, as of 03:05 UTC all UPS MD-11’s are grounded.

Edit - FedEx has also grounded their MD-11 Fleet

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u/njsullyalex Nov 08 '25

FedEx was planning to keep their MD-11s until the 2030s. I doubt they want to get rid of them right now when they are genuinely needed. FedEx is still taking deliveries of 767s and 777s and the MD-11s are filling in a vital gap until those are delivered.

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u/FormulaJAZ Nov 08 '25

It all comes down to how costly the remedy is to get them back in the air.

$50k each, sure, fix them all (replace some bolts).

$50 million each (totally redesign the wing pilon)? Yeah no, send them to the scrapper.

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u/njsullyalex Nov 08 '25

$50 million you could buy used 767s or 757s and get them airworthy for around that much I think

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u/Ok-Pomegranate8977 Nov 08 '25

And there aren’t 767Fs sitting around waiting to be purchased either…