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 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 ...

As summer draws to a close, American Airlines is hastening the pace at which it sends aged McDonnell Douglas MD-80s to the aircraft boneyard. Five years into a revamp of its fleet, the world’s largest ...

ST. LOUIS — From as far south as Dallas and as far east and west as the coast will allow, it's taken St. Louisans just about anywhere they need to go. Today the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 made its final ...

It is a favorite plane of pilots, aviation enthusiasts and passengers, but after decades of use, American Airlines has said a final goodbye to the last 28 McDonnell Douglas MD-80s in their fleet.

The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 was a successful 20th-century family of narrowbody twinjets, with almost 1,200 units produced from 1979 to 1999. Affectionately known by many as the 'Mad Dog,' these ...

As summer draws to a close, American Airlines is hastening the pace at which it sends aged McDonnell Douglas MD-80s to the aircraft boneyard. Five years into a revamp of its fleet, the world's largest ...

This week’s Flight Friday looks at a platform that was severely impacted by the COVID pandemic, the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series. After deliveries of the first MD-81 in 1980, following on from the ...

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 ...