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 ...

American plans to retire 45 MD-80s this year, most of them in the third quarter, and be rid of all of them by the end of 2017 as part of a fleet renewal project. Economically, the MD-80 is no ...

Still, the originally unwanted, and mostly unloved MD-80 arguably saved two companies – American and McDonnell Douglas, though the aircraft maker eventually was bought by rival Boeing in 1997.

At its 2002 peak, 362 of the MD-80 aircraft made up 44% of the carrier’s fleet. “If American kept the Super 80 until I’m 65, I’d be flying it,” Gomez said.

Alaska Airlines, which once flew 44 McDonnell Douglas MD-80s, parked the last of that fleet Thursday as it finishes its conversion to an all Boeing airline. The MD-80s were getting old, but the ...

The MD-80's final American Airlines revenue flight, AA80, was scheduled to depart from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport at 9 a.m. and arrive at Chicago O'Hare around 11:30 a.m.

Then there's the safety issues. The 1,191 MD-80s ever built have quite a checkered history of accidents, including a 1981 crash into Corsica's Mt. San Pietro that killed all 180 passengers and crew.

Two MD-80 services to US remain As per data from aviation analytics firm Cirium, there are only two US-bound MD-80 routes in existence as of August 2024, both of which are to Miami's main airport ...

AA swaps MD-80 galleys for seats Andrew Compart FORT WORTH, Texas -- Call it addition by subtraction. American, operating in what spokesman Tim Smith described as a low-fare, low-cost and now high ...