The MD-88 was once a backbone of Delta Air Lines’ fleet, but the coronavirus downturn will see Delta accelerate retirement of the MD-88. Delta had 116 MD-88s in early 2017, but 47 at the end of last ...

BOSTON — A New York-bound Boeing MD-88 airliner has returned safely to Boston’s Logan International Airport after a pilot noticed smoke in the cockpit minutes after takeoff. Airport spokesman Matthew ...

Junior pilots an Delta may have just discovered an easier route to a promotion: Just fly a loud, annoying plane that nobody else wants to. MD-88 jets, the last model in McDonnell Douglas’ MD-80 series ...

Delta MD-88 aircraft like the one that skidded off the runway Thursday morning. Photo: Wikipedia [Avionics Today 03-06-2015] Delta Air Lines flight 1086 lost hold of the runway Thursday morning during ...

Delta Air Lines’ MD-88 and MD-90 aircraft were noisy, aging and nearing the end of their usefulness before the coronavirus outbreak. But the pandemic sped up the retirement of the "Mad Dog" jets, ...

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.

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Delta retired the last of its McDonnell Douglas aircraft Tuesday after carrying more than 750 million passengers on MD-88 and MD-90 aircraft. The last MD-88 flight, appropriately named Delta Flight 88 ...

Delta Airline’s workhouse McDonnell Douglas MD-88 aircraft will receive a water arch salute when it makes its final departure from Sarasota Bradenton International Airport at 7 a.m. Tuesday. The ...

Delta will stop flying MD-88 aircraft on a scheduled basis at New York’s LaGuardia Airport effective March 2. Delta will stop flying MD-88 aircraft on a scheduled basis at New York’s LaGuardia Airport ...

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 be a ...

Washington to Atlanta (CNN) — 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 ...