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.

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 ...

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’ 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, ...

Delta Air Lines marked the end of an era on 2 June when it retired its final McDonnell Douglas MD-88 and MD-90 aircraft, closing 34 years during which the types served as workhorses in the fleets of ...

The MD-88 and MD-90 jets will disappear from U.S. fleets when Delta completes their final flights. Weak travel demand because of the coronavirus pandemic prompted Delta to retire the planes early.

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Delta Air Lines has retired its last McDonnell Douglas MD-88 airplane right here in Region 8 as it has with others in its fleet. According to CNN, the last MD-88 flight took ...

There are many things that one never wants to see out a plane window, and this is definitely one of them. In a video posted to Twitter by user Logan Webb, one of Delta Flight 1425’s engines can be ...

Delta Air Lines quietly began removing Boeing MD-90s from its fleet in the second quarter, as it continues to shift towards larger gauge aircraft. The Atlanta-based carrier removed 12 of the 158-seat ...

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 ...

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.