According to the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the MD-11 demonstrated the highest rate of hard landing ...

Federal aviation officials issued an order Saturday for McDonnell Douglas MD-11 planes not to be flown pending further inspection, reinforcing cargo carriers’ decision to ground their ...

Skytrax determined that Allegiant Air was the best low-cost airline in North America after conducting the world's largest airline passenger satisfaction survey. Over 22.3 million surveys were counted ...

While low-cost airlines like Play and Braathens were among several carriers that abruptly shut down operations in bankruptcy over the last two months, the case of Turkish low-cost carrier Onur Air ...

Interestingly, despite being the busiest airport by passenger volume, ATL does not rank among the top 10 airports by land area, either globally or within the United States. Atlanta's population is ...

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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 ...

In 1963, Douglas Aircraft Company, creator of the legendary DC-3, began developing a twin-engine aircraft focused on short-distance flights. The aircraft was to complement the four-engine DC-8, which ...

The last-ever-produced McDonnell Douglas MD-80, previously flown by American Airlines, recently completed a flight after a period in storage. CAVU Aerospace performed the reactivation work, taking ...

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 ...

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 ...

In support of a major hiring push in Tulsa, Oklahoma, home to its largest maintenance base, American Airlines has partnered with Tulsa Tech to develop an MRO workforce pipeline. During a July 11 ...