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N627FE ¦ ZRH 11.03.2005

                                            McDonnell Douglas MD-11(F) (c/n 48446/463)
Catran (Commercial Air Transport Service)
Zürich-Kloten (ZRH/LSZH)
11 March 2005

Delivered to Swissair in 1991 as HB-IWD and later flying with Crossair and Swiss International, this MD-11 was retired in 2003 and returned to the lessor, briefly leased out to Varig and then converted to cargo in November 2004. Now owned by Central Air Leasing as N627FE, the MD-11 freighter was intended for lease to Catran, a Swiss company which was formed in 1998, but which never really got off the ground.

In an agreement with Dutch company Sher Flowers, Catran intended use the MD-11 under their Flowerwings brand to fly roses from Sher's Afriflora farm in Ethiopia to the Netherlands. Afriflora's rose farm is the largest of its kind in the world, and every day 3-4 million roses are transported from Ethiopia to the Netherlands, processed at Sher Flowers in Aalsmeer, and then sold at auctions or delivered directly to customers.

N627FE retained its blue ex-Varig belly, but received Catran titles and a Sher Flowers fin, and as such remained parked at Zürich between November 2004 and April 2005, when it was eventually sold to Transmile Air. After the sale, the MD-11 made one single check flight, and was captured on this occasion returning to Zürich, still in Varig/Catran livery. A few weeks later, the aircraft was eventually delivered to Malaysia.

In 2011 Federal Express acquired the MD-11 as N645FE, and operated it until 2015, when it was withdrawn from use and stored at Victorville, where it was broken-up in late 2024.
   

Taken in: Switzerland / Zurich / Oberglatt / Grundbuck-Gässli (show map)

Taken on: March 11, 2005

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