It is based on the DC-10, but includes a lengthened fuselage, a slightly larger wingspan - including winglets -, as well as the use of lighter composite materials and new higher-power engines, as well as a slightly more aerodynamic in the wings and tail, (or empennage) which contributes to generating less drag or resistance to advance. It also has a modern, completely digital cockpit, which means that a flight engineer is not needed in it, unlike the old DC-10s. This aircraft also has an improved wing, which is longer, has a similar winglet and splite, and its engines have more power than its predecessor, the DC-10. Likewise, the plane has the body of the DC-10-30, only a few meters longer. Some of its most important features are the aforementioned "glass cockpit", its winglets and its greater range. The use of the aircraft went into decline because its weight configuration was quite complicated, adding the fact that it was heavier than the DC-10. In 1997, the MD-11 began to have strong competition between the A330-200 and the B777-200 since these were more modern and consumed less fuel, although the MD-11 did not require the presence of an engineer. Of flight. The aircraft flew for more than 24 years until 2015 when it was retired from passenger transportation. The airline that carried out the last flight was the Dutch KLM, between the cities of New York and Amsterdam. Today the MD-11 is only used for cargo transportation by companies such as FedEx and UPS.

Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V., usually called Royal Dutch Airlines, commonly known by the acronym KLM (literal translation from Dutch: Royal Aviation Company),[2]? is the main flag carrier of the Netherlands.[3]? KLM It is headquartered in Amstelveen, with its hub at the nearby Amsterdam-Schiphol airport; It is part of the Air France-KLM group and a member of the SkyTeam airline alliance. Founded in 1919, KLM is the world's oldest operating airline and has 35,488 employees with a fleet of 149 aircrafts.