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 ...
Flightglobal

MD-80 hushkit ready for flight test

Jet Engineering is set to begin trial programme for modified exhaust mixer to achieve Chapter 4 compliance California-based aerospace company Jet Engineering expects this week to start flight testing ...
Flightglobal

JAL casts eye over narrowbodies

Japan Airlines (JAL) has begun reviewing proposals from Airbus and Boeing for at least 30 new narrowbody aircraft and is expected to make a selection within the next few months. JAL is planning to ...
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 ...