US cargo carrier Fedex Express has been forced into making massive operational changes since the crash of UPS AirlinesFlight2976 in early November, which precipitated the indefinite grounding of the global McDonnell Douglas MD-11 fleet ....
"I realise there's going to be a fairly high demand on opening day, so I was up at seven o'clock and I placed my order and got a delivery date of 15 December, which was 11 days away.
The Roomba maker, which is listed in the US, said it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware as part of a restructuring agreement with Picea ... The company warned earlier this month that it could face bankruptcy ... It is now valued at about $137m ... .
Over the years, a lot has been said and written about the time a group of college studs beat the Dream Team in a scrimmage ahead of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. However, for a man of few words like Larry....
"Regarding the MD-11 fleet, Boeing's ... Boeing became the manufacturer of the three-engine MD-11 cargo jets after a 1997 merger with McDonnell Douglas.
Friday marks the traditional beginning of the shopping and shipping season, but don’t expect any of those packages to be carried by MD-11s ... The MD-11 is a three-engine design certified in 1990 ... The last MD-11 was built in 2001.