However, no MD-90s were delivered after Boeing and McDonnell Douglas merged in 1997 because of internal competition with Boeing's 737 aircraft. Delta Air Lines received 16 examples in 1995 and 1996.

It subsequently built a series of variants – MD-80, MD-88, MD-90 and MD-95. The number of seats rose from about 90 to 158, before a cutback to 134 on the MD-95. Boeing took over McDonnell ...

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-90s have 160 seats. The MD-90 removal last week was the first reduction to Delta's fleet of former McDonnell Douglas twin-jets since it wrote off an MD-88 (MSN 49540) following a runway ...

Delta retired the last of its McDonnell Douglas aircraft Tuesday after carrying more than 750 million passengers on MD-88 and MD-90 aircraft. The last MD-88 flight, appropriately named Delta ...

Noisy as all get-out, the McDonnell Douglas planes were nonetheless pioneers in the industry. The MD-90 was the last and final model and was notable for saving fuel and carrying a larger load while ...

For McDonnell Douglas, meanwhile, the program never made any money, and with cash flow issues as well as the failure of the MD-90, the company did not stick around much longer.

Of those four planes McDonnell Douglas had in production, only the MD-95 and MD-11 would survive the merger. Boeing would continue using the MD-95, incorporating it into its 7X7 series of aircraft ...

Delta Airline’s workhouse McDonnell Douglas MD-88 aircraft will receive a water arch salute when it makes its final departure from Sarasota Bradenton International Airport at 7 a.m. Tuesday.

When Boeing acquired McDonnell Douglas in 1997, it soon announced that it would end production of the MD-80 series of jets, as well as the MD-90 and MD-11.

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-90 was envisaged as a broad family of single-aisle jets; ultimately, just the 150-seat -30 was built, with the -10, -40 and -50/55 failing to launch. Boeing ’s history of failed concept ...