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 ...

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 ...

This is a representational image of American Airlines aircraft prepared for flight at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, May 11, 2018. Getty Images/ Scott Olson For the past ...

By 2003 American Airlines, the first to introduce the aircraft to its fleet, was operating 362 MD-80 airplanes, nearly one-third of all of MD-80 planes ever to be created by manufacturer McDonnell ...

American Airlines said farewell to its Super 80 planes on Wednesday after the carrier flew its last revenue flight of the classic McDonnell Douglas MD-80. Latest U.S.

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.

American Airlines MD-80 aircraft sit on the tarmac April 10, 2008 at the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in Irving, Texas. Credit: Rick Gershon/Getty Images ...

In 2004, the MD-80 made up 49 percent of the airline’s fleet, and throughout its service more than 10,000 American Airlines pilots have trained and been qualified on the type.

The last American Airlines flight on a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft will take place this September, the airline announced Tuesday.

American Airlines is saying farewell to its final two MD-80 airplanes this week. It's donating them to CareerTech in Oklahoma City and Lewis University in Illinois.

The jet “basically was American Airlines,” Gomez said. 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 ...

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.