MD11: 3 coming ex Varig, 2 coming ex Alitalia.
At least 3 B742 going to Air Atlanta and being wetleased right back. (As was planned for the beginning of 2001 already)
One B742 is being scrapped because itīs worn out.
Where the other four are going has not yet transpired.
MD11 are cheap right now. (I wonder why)
B744 not (yet).
They like the resulting fleet commonality. Many donīt like the fact of not being able to offer own 747Fs.
MD11F/SF will in effect only augment the huge "fleet" of bellies they broker.
A few other minor details:
The difference between 8 B742s and 5 MD11s is ca. 140 cockpit jobs for LH-Cargo.
Condor wants to get rid of at least 12 B757 in the near term, all of them in the mid-term.
Lufthansa is reducing its continental fleet (B737).
Major contracts are coming up for negotiations...