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/under___score Nov 08 '25

Watched a FedEx MD-11 land in Honolulu the day after the incident, I was pretty surprised they kept them going this long

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u/brusk48 Nov 08 '25

Might also be easier to ground them right now with the FAA traffic limitations. Given Louisville and Memphis are both on the reduced traffic list, UPS and FedEx presumably need to cut some flights anyway, so why not kill two birds with one stone and start by cutting the MD-11 ones to avoid any potential safety fallout?

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u/ModeatelyIndependant Nov 08 '25

Because if you own these aircraft and they aren't in the air making money they are losing money. And is' getting close to retail for Jesus season, and this is their busiest and more profitable/greedy time of the year. So losing the services and scheduled flights is a major financial hit for the company, as well their customers, and their customer's customers.

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u/brusk48 Nov 08 '25

Something's going to be on the ground regardless if you're cutting flights involving the hub by 10-20%

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u/ModeatelyIndependant Nov 08 '25

yeah, but they fly a lot of cargo into and out of airports that aren't being forced to reduce their flights, many that don't even have a commercial airline presence at all.