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.

Delta chief executive Richard Anderson has reiterated his bullish view that the carrier's large fleet of ageing Boeing MD-80s retain a cost advantage over newer Boeing 737-800s that is largely driven ...

Delta Air Lines DAL operated 116 MD-88 “Mad Dog” aircraft at its peak through early 2017, but come July the last will leave the fleet. Delta is accelerating retirement of older aircraft during the ...

Delta Air Lines is accelerating retirements of its Boeing MD-90s, hastening the exit of the former McDonnell Douglas narrowbodies from US fleets. "We expect to accelerate the retirement of our MD-90 ...

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 ...

QUEENS, N.Y. -- Authorities say a Delta Air Lines worker has been injured while responding to an engine fire on a plane that landed at New York's LaGuardia. The Federal Aviation Administration says ...

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 ...

A Delta MD-80 commercial flight makes an emergency landing at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010 after smoke was in the cockpit and cabin. Photos submitted by John Sachen. A Delta ...

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