American Airlines is retiring the last of its McDonnell Douglas MD-80 planes. The remaining 26 aircraft are in the process of taking their final flights to Roswell, New Mexico. The MD-80, also known ...

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 ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. FILE PHOTO: An American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80 (N266AA) aircraft takes off at Ronald Reagan National Airport in ...

FILE PHOTO: An American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80 (N266AA) aircraft takes off at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., on Feb. 19, 2010. (Bloomberg photo by Andrew Harrer) As summer ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS — From as far south as Dallas and as far east and west as the coast will allow, it's taken St. Louisans just about anywhere they need to go. Today the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 made its final ...

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 ...

The Scandinavian flag carrier SAS Monday placed a $1.5 billion order for 61 McDonnell Douglas MD-80 jets, the biggest MD-80 order so far this year, McDonnell Douglas Corp. said. Of the 61 orders, 24 ...

For years, American has focused on getting rid of its McDonnell Douglas MD-80. the planes that made it great in the 1980s and 1990s but today are aging and inefficient. But this summer, American has ...

Sanford “Sandy” McDonnell, the former chief executive of aerospace giant McDonnell Douglas who in the 1970s helped turn around the company started by his uncle, died Monday. He was 89. His death was ...