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 ...

Julio Gomez has flown the MD-80 for his entire 20-year career at American Airlines. But he can’t bring himself to make that final trip into the New Mexico desert. “I just cannot take that airp ...

It’s the end of an era for American Airlines’ Super 80 planes. The carrier flew its last revenue flight of the classic McDonnell Douglas MD-80 Wednesday. The aircraft, also called Super 80 by ...

Julio Gomez has flown the MD-80 for his entire 20-year career at American Airlines. But he can’t bring himself to make that final trip into the New Mexico desert. “I just cannot take that airp ...

After nearly four decades of service, the once-ubiquitous McDonnell Douglas MD-80 will soon disappear from the U.S. air travel market. American Airlines was the first major customer for the MD-80.

When Flight 80 bound for Chicago O’Hare pushed back this morning, the old polished aluminum MD-80s became history at American Airlines. They were once the largest of any fleet American had.

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 ...

With Pistol Pete’s image emblazoned on its side, American Airlines’ MD-80 N491 is ready to take off to its next chapter in Stillwater. This particular MD-80 has logged 75,356 hours of flight ...

With American Airlines retiring its MD-80 fleet before the COVID pandemic, Delta's decision to accelerate its retirement of ...

One of the most prolific aircraft types to ever fly for American Airlines, the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series, reached the end of the line on September 4 when the carrier sent the last of its ...