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.

However, you'd be surprised to learn that the MD-80 can still be found, albeit very rarely, in the US as a passenger aircraft, but only at a single airport: Miami International Airport (MIA).

Alaska Airlines will inspect its MD-80 series aircraft to ensure that a tail mechanism implicated in a crash at the carrier nearly six years ago is being properly maintained, the airline said Friday.

Delta Air Lines is advancing the retirement date of its McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series aircraft to June 2. The Long Beach, California-built jets joined the Delta fleet in 1987 and also flew for ...

The MD-82 and MD-83 have 160 seats, and the MD-87 has 130. This February, Iran Airtour has scheduled 716 flights with the MD-82, accounting for 25.8% of the overall total for the MD-80 family as a ...

The MD-80 is wrapping up nearly 40 years of service for American Airlines. The last of the fleet was retired in September. It was affectionately called the "Super 80" by its pilots and mechanics, ...

"The MD-80 upgrades exponentially what we had before," said Oxley, the Tulsa Tech instructor. "The 727 is a great workhorse, but it's outdated. The MD-80 has current avionics systems, ...

According to Ken Lilley, R-R head of marketing for small engines, the BR715 would be offered at its full 21,000lb thrust (93.5kN) rating for the MD-80, making it suitable for the lower weight ...

Though Delta wasn’t the first airline to fly the MD-80, the airline was the launch customer for the Mad Dog’s predecessor, the DC-9, back in 1965. Delta operated 120 examples of the MD-80 at ...