FAREWELL LUFTHANSA MD-11: The career of the MD-11F at Lufthansa Cargo is coming to an end on the Frankfurt - New York route. As flight 8161, the D-ALCC had its last touchdown in Frankfurt on October 17, 2021. Watch the TV report of the farewell flight: th-cam.com/video/p0Y9yi-yraA/w-d-xo.html (Subtitles available in English). Entire report: th-cam.com/video/p0Y9yi-yraA/w-d-xo.html (Subtitles available in English) Reporters: Andreas Graf, Floran Lumeau, Guenter Milius (all Hessischer Rundfunk)
Full Route: Frankfurt to Chicago Chicago to Honolulu Honolulu to Auckland Auckland to Melbourne Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur to Lahore Lahore to Sharjah Sharjah to Frankfurt
Hi Alex, it was definitely a crew swap. You remember in the video, that they were picked up with a limousine transfer. And I think our plane has also been refueled. (One leg HNL-AKL and then AKL-PEN ) No freight though as the cargo space was needed in Penang for the freight heading towards Europe. Domestic cargo between AKL and PEN is not allowed due to competition rules. Hope this helps. and thanks for watching!
Nice documentary, I love McDonnell Douglas MD-11 such a beautiful aircraft :)
Awesome video.
Beautiful cockpit at night!
FAREWELL LUFTHANSA MD-11:
The career of the MD-11F at Lufthansa Cargo is coming to an end on the Frankfurt - New York route. As flight 8161, the D-ALCC had its last touchdown in Frankfurt on October 17, 2021.
Watch the TV report of the farewell flight: th-cam.com/video/p0Y9yi-yraA/w-d-xo.html (Subtitles available in English).
Entire report: th-cam.com/video/p0Y9yi-yraA/w-d-xo.html (Subtitles available in English)
Reporters: Andreas Graf, Floran Lumeau, Guenter Milius (all Hessischer Rundfunk)
Full Route:
Frankfurt to Chicago
Chicago to Honolulu
Honolulu to Auckland
Auckland to Melbourne
Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur to Lahore
Lahore to Sharjah
Sharjah to Frankfurt
Melbourne to Penang to be precise
Is Auckland a crew swap and a fuel stop or is it just a crew swap?
Hi Alex, it was definitely a crew swap. You remember in the video, that they were picked up with a limousine transfer. And I think our plane has also been refueled. (One leg HNL-AKL and then AKL-PEN ) No freight though as the cargo space was needed in Penang for the freight heading towards Europe. Domestic cargo between AKL and PEN is not allowed due to competition rules.
Hope this helps. and thanks for watching!