Airlines loved the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 for its versatility: it could carry 90-135 passengers, depending on variant and configuration, and could operate from smaller airports. Over the years, ...

The McDonnell Douglas MD-12 was the first attempt at replicating the Boeing Jumbo Jets 747 success. However, the goal was a ...

American Airlines is retiring the last of its McDonnell Douglas MD-80 planes. The remaining 26 aircraft are in the process of taking their final flights to Roswell, New Mexico. The MD-80, also known ...

FILE PHOTO: An American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80 (N266AA) aircraft takes off at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., on Feb. 19, 2010. (Bloomberg photo by Andrew Harrer) As summer ...

American Airlines officially retired its entire McDonnell Douglas MD-80 (Mad Dog/Super 80) fleet on September 4th, with the final 26 aircraft flying to Roswell, New Mexico. The MD-80 series served as ...

Today marks the last revenue flight of the classic McDonnell Douglas MD-80 at American Airlines: the fittingly numbered AA80 from Dallas to Chicago. It’s the end of an era. American at one point not ...

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American Airlines will retire its last 26 McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft on September 24th. The MD-80, also known as the Super 80, was the workhorse of the airline’s fleet throughout the 1980s and ...

An era ended at American Airlines on Wednesday as the airline retired the remaining 26 planes of the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 fleet to Roswell, New Mexico. Kerry Philipovitch, senior vice president of ...