Aircraft and engine manufacturers today put a lot of effort into designing jets that balance efficiency, comfort, and performance. From advanced aerodynamics to refined interiors, every detail is ...

The classic McDonnell Douglas MD-80 was well known by its moniker “Mad Dog” for its loud engines and old-school handling features. The low-bypass engines mounted on its tail were very different from ...

The last-ever produced McDonnell Douglas MD-80, N984TW, recently flew for the first time since its 2019 retirement from American Airlines. CAVU Aerospace completed a month-long process to return the ...

American last week decided to extend a test program started in June that aims to keep MD-80 cockpit crews and some cabin crews with one aircraft during the entire flying day after the early "positive" ...

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 ...

American Airlines' flight from Tulsa International Airport to Jones Riverside Airport at Jenks on Friday morning was short and uneventful. But the greeting the airline's 20-year-old MD-80 jet received ...

American Airlines today donated one of its MD-80 aircraft to Tulsa Technology Center before a gathering of about 400 employees of the institutions, officials and guests at American's Tulsa Maintenance ...

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.

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Allegiant Air is reporting no cancellations in its modest Tuesday schedule while crews continue a systemwide rehab of emergency exit slides on MD-80 aircraft. Company spokeswoman ...

The FINANCIAL — The SAS Group will in relation to the Core SAS program reduce its capacity by a total of 21 aircraft. By end of December 2009, 18 aircraft has already been taken out of production. As ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alaska Air Group, parent of Alaska Airlines, canceled 11 flights on Thursday due to continuing wiring inspections of its MD-80 aircraft. Alaska Air canceled about 14 flights on ...

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 ...