BOEING TO MODIFY 19 MD-11S INTO FREIGHTERS FOR FEDEX
The Boeing Corp. said Tuesday it has signed a contract with Federal Express to modify 19 MD-11 passenger airplanes into freighters.
Modification work on the first airplane is expected to start in the third quarter of 2002 and the final airplane is projected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2006.
MD-11 freighters are capable of carrying about 95 tons of cargo and have a range of 3,800 miles.