The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 was a successful 20th-century family of narrowbody twinjets, with almost 1,200 units produced from 1979 to 1999. Affectionately known by many as the 'Mad Dog,' these ...

CUTLINES - The final flight of American Airlines N259AA was only about 8 feet in the air over a distance of 40 feet, but it may have been one of the most difficult. After three years of waiting, a ...

American MD-80 aircraft in Roswell, New Mexico [Credit: AirlineGeeks/ William Derrickson] A former American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80 is potentially getting a new lease on life. For the first ...

TULSA, Oklahoma -- American Airlines has parked an MD-80, N451AA, on the ramp at their Tulsa Maintenance Base. The engines are plugged and the American logo has been stripped from the aircraft.

Alaska Airlines this month plans to retire the first two of 26 MD-80s slated to leave the fleet as part of the move to only 737s. The first MD-80 (N974AS) was scheduled to make its last flight on ...

A McDonnell-Douglas MD-80 belonging to Dominican Republic carrier Red Air crashed when making an emergency landing at Miami International airport on 21 June. ”The landing gear of RedAir Flight 203, a ...

This week’s Flight Friday looks at a platform that was severely impacted by the COVID pandemic, the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series. After deliveries of the first MD-81 in 1980, following on from the ...

Aviation Fleet Solutions has completed all flight testing required for FAA/EASA certification of its Quiet MD-80 noise reduction system, expected later this summer. The system reduces noise levels up ...