The MD-80 had other quirks. The interior of the planes would get so hot while sitting on airport tarmacs during the summer — particularly in sweltering Texas — that passengers weren’t ...

An American Airlines MD-80 was ferried to Roswell International Air Center in Roswell, New Mexico, on Wednesday, September 4, 2019. American is retiring the remainder of its MD-80 fleet, which ...

The MD-80 had other quirks. The interior of the planes would get so hot while sitting on airport tarmacs during the summer -- particularly in sweltering Texas -- that passengers weren’t allowed ...

The eventual retirement of the MD-80 – long the backbone of American’s domestic fleet – will end an era for American. The carrier once had more than 370 “Super 80s,” as the airline ...

The MD-80 went on to be the most successful passenger jet built in Southern California. Almost 1,200 were sold over the nearly 20-year production run that ended in 1999.

DALLAS — When Flight 80 pushes back from the gate at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, it will mark the end of an era for American Airlines. The Chicago O’Hare-bound jet will be the last MD-80 in passenger ...

ROSWELL, N.M. — One by one on Wednesday afternoon, the last 23 of American Airlines’ aging MD-80s flew into retirement at this desert boneyard. The flights marked the end of an era for the ...

In April, "60 Minutes" reported that nearly 30 percent of Allegiant's fleet was comprised of the aging MD-80 planes, almost all of them purchased second-hand from foreign airlines.