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An era ended at American Airlines on Wednesday as the airline retired the remaining 26 planes of the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 fleet to Roswell, New Mexico. Kerry Philipovitch, senior vice president of ...

American Airlines will retire its remaining 26 McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft on Sept. 4. The Super 80 aircraft, which American called "the workhorse" of its fleet throughout the 1980s, ceased ...

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 ...

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 ...

Airlines loved the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 for its versatility: it could carry 90-135 passengers, depending on variant and ...