Fort Worth, Texas-based legacy carrier American Airlines has long been known ... The carrier also later operated the McDonnell Douglas MD-11, which served as the aircraft's successor, although ...

American Airlines published a request for a widebody ... the company launched the MD-11 in 1986. Based on the DC-10's basic ...

FedEx Corp. has exercised options to purchase eight additional Boeing 777 freighters from Boeing and pushed back retirement of the tri-engine MD-11 fleet ... and booked on airlines by freight ...