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.

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.

The retirement of American Airlines' MD-80 marks the end of an era for a plane whose old-school design and noisy rear engines spawned love-hate relationships over the four decades it flew.

Called the “Super 80” or “S80” by American since introduction to their fleet in May 1983, the model was known as the carrier’s workhorse and, by 2003, there were 362 MD-80s in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sands flew the last MD-80 flight from Dallas to St. Louis, a revenue flight, and then from St. Louis to Roswell, a ferry flight, along with Captain Bill Jagust, who joined TWA in 1989.

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.

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 ...

"I've never existed in the world without an American Airlines Super 80 until now." The MD-80 was manufactured by St. Louis-based McDonnell Douglas at its facility in Long Beach, California.

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.

An MD-80 series jet landed around 11:25 a.m. at Bremerton National Airport in calm, sunny weather, making a south-to-north approach and slowing to a stop with 1,500 feet of runway to spare.