If the company did not soon find a major U.S. carrier to buy the MD-80, the Douglas half of the house would fail, potentially dragging down the McDonnell side with it. Based on existing fleet ...

That equipment failure prevented the McDonnell Douglas MD-87 from becoming airborne. SEE ALSO: Texas plane crash: No one seriously injured after MD-87 jet heading to Boston crashes on takeoff The ...

Alaska Airlines had targeted traffic growth of 6.6% for the year, but was forced to drop capacity expansion plans following the crash of a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 last January. It ended the year ...

The McDonnell Douglas MD-80, which the builder calls the Super-80 ... quite a checkered history of accidents, including a 1981 crash into Corsica's Mt. San Pietro that killed all 180 passengers ...

For years, American has focused on getting rid of its McDonnell Douglas MD-80. the planes that made it great in the 1980s and 1990s but today are aging and inefficient. But this summer ...

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 ...

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 ...

In normal times, special flights like Delta Air Lines’ retirement of the last McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series aircraft flying scheduled passenger service in North America are cause for celebration.

By the time Boeing took an interest in its competitor, McDonnell Douglas was only developing four planes, the MD-80, MD-90, ...