The long storied history of Trans World Airlines ended Wednesday in Roswell, N.M., as American Airlines retired its last TWA MD-80. A number of former TWA pilots flew the jets to their final ...

The retirement of American Airlines' MD-80 marks the end of an era for a plane whose old-school design and noisy rear engines spawned love-hate relationships over the four decades it flew.

The MD-80 is also called the "Super 80" by American Airlines or "Mad Dog" by aviation enthusiasts. It was the "workhouse" of their fleet for close to four decades, American Airlines said in a news ...

An American Airlines MD-80 was ferried to Roswell International Air Center in Roswell, New Mexico, on Wednesday, September 4, 2019. American is retiring the remainder of its MD-80 fleet, which ...

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 ...

The MD-80, which entered service in 1980, became one of the most successful of the Douglas commercial jet programs. The last of 1,191 MD-80s was delivered to TWA in December 1999.

The eventual retirement of the MD-80 – long the backbone of American’s domestic fleet – will end an era for American. The carrier once had more than 370 “Super 80s,” as the airline ...

Workers prepare an American Airlines MD-80 for departure at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport this spring. American is phasing out its MD-80s and replacing them with the Airbus A321 and the ...

The last revenue flight for an American Airlines MD-80 aircraft lifted off from DFW Airport after 9 a.m. Wednesday. Jake Dean The American Airlines Super 80 conducted its final revenue flight ...

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 on Wednesday.

A former American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80 is potentially getting a new lease on life. For the first time since its final flight in 2019, the 25-year-old aircraft took to the skies again.