The Last Plane In America With An Analog Cockpit

The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 was the last American-built aircraft to feature an analog cockpit. The aircraft entered ...
HeraldNet

MD-80, the workhorse of the skies, being put out to pasture

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 ...
La Crosse Tribune

Midwest cancels flights involving MD-80 aircraft

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Midwest Airlines has grounded 13 of its airplanes to re-inspect a wiring harness that caused American Airlines to cancel more than 2,400 flights since Tuesday. Midwest Airlines ...
Aviation Week

Flight Friday: The MD-80 "Mad Dogs" Struggle For Survival Post-COVID

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 ...