The MD-90 has International Aero Engines V2500 engines, similar to the ones on the Airbus A320 family, and the MD-88 has Pratt & Whitney JT8D engines. All of the MD-90s that Delta has removed from ...

Delta’s MD-88s are four years older than Delta’s next oldest fleet type, the A320ceo (24 years). The MD-90 is Delta’s third-oldest narrowbody aircraft with an average age of 23 years.

Delta Air Lines has acquired seven more MD-90 aircraft from Japan Airlines (JAL), the carrier disclosed in an April 18 message to employees. The purchase follows the acquisition of nine MD-90s ...

was delivered to Delta Airlines in 1987. An updated version, the MD-90, with a capacity of 153-172 passengers, was first delivered to Delta in 1995. Delta is retiring both models. The accelerated ...

A former Delta Air Lines MD-90 begins its transformation into the NASA X-66A at Boeing's Palmdale facility. Boeing Begins MD-90 Modification For NASA X-66A Program is published in Aerospace Daily ...

In normal times, special flights like Delta Air Lines’ retirement ... On the last full day of operations, only 14 MD-88s and two of its MD-90 sisterships were operating from the airline ...

Delta has more than 300 planes in the 149-160 seat range across four different models: the MD-88, the MD-90, the A320, and the 737-800. The MD-88s are already 25 years old on average and thus ripe ...