The McDonnell Douglas MD-80, or 'Mad Dog' as it was affectionately known, has retired from serving American flyers, and only a handful are still in service around the world, but at the peak of its ...

In normal times, special flights like Delta Air Lines’ retirement of the last McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series aircraft flying scheduled passenger service in North America are cause for celebration.

Alaska Airlines will inspect its MD-80 series aircraft to ensure that a tail mechanism implicated in a crash at the carrier nearly six years ago is being properly maintained, the airline said Friday.

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 ...

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.

As summer draws to a close, American Airlines is hastening the pace at which it sends aged McDonnell Douglas MD-80s to the aircraft boneyard. Five years into a revamp of its fleet, the world’s largest ...

ATLANTA — The Federal Aviation Administration is ordering U.S. airlines to conduct safety inspections to look for cracking on overwing frames on certain MD-80 series aircraft, a directive that could ...

Vanguard's seventh MD-80, recently placed in revenue service, is the second MD-80 delivered to Vanguard in the last two weeks. Both aircraft are leased from a subsidiary managed by debis AirFinance.

Jet Engineering of California has received US Federal Aviation Administration certification for an engine exhaust nozzle that will make Boeing MD-80 series twinjets compliant with International Civil ...

DALLAS — Federal regulators are investigating American Airlines over structural repairs to its aging fleet of MD-80 series aircraft. A Federal Aviation Administration official said Friday that the ...

In normal times, special flights like Delta Air Lines’ retirement of the last McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series aircraft flying scheduled passenger service in North America are cause for celebration.