Discover the unique tale of the Mad Dog, a jet that may have been antiquated by many standards for its first day on the ...

Julio Gomez has flown the MD-80 for his entire 20-year career at American Airlines. But he can’t bring himself to make that final trip into the New Mexico desert. “I just cannot take that airplane to ...

The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 was a successful 20th-century family of narrowbody twinjets, with almost 1,200 units produced ...

American Airlines retired its entire fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft on September 4th. The MD-80s, nicknamed "Mad Dogs," served American for 36 years, carrying over 87 million passengers.

DALLAS — When Flight 80 pushes back from the gate at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, it will mark the end of an era for American Airlines. The Chicago O’Hare-bound jet will be the last MD-80 in passenger service ...

Julio Gomez has flown the MD-80 for his entire 20-year career at American Airlines. But he can’t bring himself to make that final trip into the New Mexico desert. “I just cannot take that airplane to ...

It’s the end of an era for American Airlines’ Super 80 planes. The carrier flew its last revenue flight of the classic McDonnell Douglas MD-80 Wednesday. The aircraft, also called Super 80 by the ...

American Airlines is saying farewell to its final two MD-80 airplanes this week. It's donating them to CareerTech in Oklahoma City and Lewis University in Illinois. This is the end of an era for ...

From the cockpit of the MD-80, the runway at Memphis International Airport vanishes as the nose lifts into the virtual clouds. Dozens of dials, switches and levers surround me as I sit in the pilot’s ...

Las Vegas based airline, Allegiant Air has confirmed it will take 18 MD-80 aircraft from SAS, as the Star Alliance carrier seeks to rationalise its fleet. SAS will retain 24 MD-80s, which will ...

Boeing MD-80 wet-lease operator Jetran Air is the world's first operator of the European Aviation Safety Agency-approved Chapter 4 noise compliant MD-82 twinjet. The Romanian carrier has six MD-80 ...

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 ...