leaving again after a maintenance visit

Departure after sunset

Boeing Capital Corporation owned MD-11 was delivered to City Bird as OO-CTB December 13, 1996. Returned to the lessor in 2001 with the demise of City Bird, the airliner was next leased to Finnair as OH-LGF 2004 - 2010. Converted to a freighter, it was next leased to Cargoitalia in June 2010, but that carrier was closed down in December 2011 and the aircraft stored at Frankfurt, Germany. Moved to Victorville, CA in 2012, the freighter was used a a source of MD-11 parts.

Pictured during a ramp tour at Milan Malpensa in 2009 and a week 'old' at the time. Delivered to Alitalia in November 1991. Converted to cargo and reregistered EI-UPE in October 2005. Stored at Dothan *KDHN) on January 8, 2009. To Cargoitalia in September 2009. Stored at Singapore on July 27, 2011. Stored at Kiev on March 5, 2012. To Centurion Air Cargo in November 2012 as N987AR. Withdrawn from use on December 25, 2016. To Sky Lease Cargo in January 2017. Stored at Miami between May 10, 2017 and April 29, 2018. again on November 4, 2018 and the aircraft was broken up at Miami in April 2019.

Who remembers this MD11 airframe as OO-CTB of CityBird ?

The second ex-Alitalia MD-11 freighter for this new company which at the time had just started operations after some delay. A short-lived venture, lasting only till 12.11 when the aircraft passed to Centurion Air Cargo, but went into store at Victorville in 3.12