DALLAS — When Flight 80 pushes back from the gate at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, it will mark the end of an era for American Airlines. The Chicago O’Hare-bound jet will be the last MD-80 in passenger service ...
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The McDonnell Douglas MD-80, or 'Mad Dog' as it was affectionately known, has retired from serving American flyers, and only a handful are still in service around the world, but at the peak of its ...
American MD-80 aircraft in Roswell, New Mexico [Credit: AirlineGeeks/ William Derrickson] A former American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80 is potentially getting a new lease on life. For the first ...
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 ...
Capt. Bruce Taylor welcomed about 40 guests aboard the last passenger flight of an American Airlines’ MD-80 aircraft at DFW Airport. As the door shut and the passengers settled into their seats, ...
The MD-80 aircraft was once the workhorse of the American Airlines fleet. The skinny commercial jets were beloved by frequent flyers for their lack of a middle seat on one side of the cabin, and by ...
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 ...
Alaska Airlines will inspect its MD-80 series aircraft to ensure that a tail mechanism implicated in a crash at the carrier nearly six years ago is being properly maintained, the airline said Friday.
SAS is on the verge of phasing out its Boeing MD-80 aircraft fleet after signing an agreement to sell four MD-82/87 aircraft. The agreement also provides the buyer with an option on a further 19 ...
Pratt & Whitney cracks stator vane problems by stepping up inspections and supply of spare JT8D engines Pratt & Whitney hopes to restore the majority of Japan Air System's (JAS) fleet of Boeing MD-80s ...
The last-ever-produced McDonnell Douglas MD-80, previously flown by American Airlines, recently completed a flight after a period in storage. CAVU Aerospace performed the reactivation work, taking ...
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