Delta Air Lines is buying 11 used MD-90 jets to add to its fleet, although the added capacity will be offset by cuts among other models. Atlanta-based Delta is buying nine of the twin-engine ...

Delta Air Lines marked the end of an era on 2 June when it retired its final McDonnell Douglas MD-88 and MD-90 aircraft, closing 34 years during which the types served as workhorses in the fleets ...

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.

California will fly for a US passenger airline with the final MD-88 and MD-90 aircraft descending upon Delta's Atlanta hub for the last time. For the MD-90, the final flight will arrive from ...

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 ...

Delta has finalized a deal to acquire nine MD-90 aircraft from China Eastern Airlines. Delta said it will take delivery of the nine aircraft from February to July, and this year also will be ...

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 ...

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 ...