Delta Air Lines initially placed a large order for the McDonnell Douglas MD-90. However, the merger of McDonnell Douglas with Boeing in 1997 ended the program, with Delta only receiving 16 new ...

Delta Air Lines’ MD-88 and MD-90 aircraft were noisy, aging and nearing the end of their usefulness before the coronavirus outbreak. But the pandemic sped up the retirement of the "Mad Dog" jets, ...

Boeing has partnered with NASA to ferry an MD-90 airplane from Victorville to Palmdale as part of an experimental aircraft project. Boeing's MD-90 will undergo modifications to test the Transonic ...

Boeing has now moved an MD-90 to the site in Palmdale, California where it plans to modify the former passenger jet into NASA’s X-66A truss-braced-wing demonstrator aircraft. The US manufacturer on 15 ...

Boeing has started dismantling and scanning an old MD-90 as part of a multi-year NASA-supported project to transform the former passenger jet into the X-66A truss-braced-wing demonstrator. Since the ...

A former Delta Air Lines MD-90 begins its transformation into the NASA X-66A at Boeing's Palmdale facility. Boeing Begins MD-90 Modification For NASA X-66A Program is published in Aerospace Daily & ...

The push of the aviation industry to cut down on traditional fuel consumption and the resulting harmful emissions comes in many shapes and sizes. Some are trying new engine designs, others are ...

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 Flight 88 ...

Ladies and gentlemen, the McDonnell Douglas aircraft have left the air. Thank you. Yeah, they were as iconic as Elvis Presley. The MD-88 and MD-90 planes hold a revered place in aviation history and, ...

The MD-88 was once a backbone of Delta Air Lines’ fleet, but the coronavirus downturn will see Delta accelerate retirement of the MD-88. Delta had 116 MD-88s in early 2017, but 47 at the end of last ...

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. The ...