FedEx to retire last MD-10 in 2022

In its 2020 annual report, FedEx is telling the world that it will phase-out its final MD-10 in 2022. Currently, the company is operating a fleet of eighteen MD-10s.

Five MD-10-10s are scheduled to leave the fleet this year, with the thirteen remaining MD-10-30s next year. The aircraft will be replaced by newer and more efficient B767-300F and B777Fs FedEx has on order. It is planning to take delivery of eleven B767s in 2021, eleven in 2022, thirteen in 2023 and four in 2024, which will bring the total number of B767Fs in the fleet to 132. As for the B777F, FedEx is expecting five B777Fs in 2022, two in 2023, one in 2024 and two in 2025, taking the total fleet of B777Fs to 56.

Over the years, FedEx operated a fleet of 77 DC-10/MD-10s. The MD-10 is an upgrade to the DC-10, which features a glass cockpit, enabling to operate the aircraft with two pilots and with a common type rating with the MD-11F.

Photo by Anton Homma.