CUTLINES - The final flight of American Airlines N259AA was only about 8 feet in the air over a distance of 40 feet, but it may have been one of the most difficult. After three years of waiting, a ...

American MD-80 aircraft in Roswell, New Mexico [Credit: AirlineGeeks/ William Derrickson] A former American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80 is potentially getting a new lease on life. For the first ...

The classic McDonnell Douglas MD-80 was well known by its moniker “Mad Dog” for its loud engines and old-school handling features. The low-bypass engines mounted on its tail were very different from ...

TULSA, Oklahoma -- A retired American Airlines MD-80 passenger jet arrived at the Tulsa Tech campus at Jones Riverside Airport Friday morning. It was the last flight for an American Airlines MD-80.

Entering its centenary, American Airlines has become a major figure in the history of commercial aviation, from its early ...

DALLAS -- Safety regulators said Tuesday that American Airlines should figure out how it missed mechanical problems with a jet engine that caught fire during a 2007 flight, and then fix its ...

An American Airlines MD-80 lands at Jones Riverside Airport on Friday. American Airlines donated the jet to the Tulsa Technology Center's aviation center at the airport. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World D.R ...

TULSA, Oklahoma -- American Airlines has parked an MD-80, N451AA, on the ramp at their Tulsa Maintenance Base. The engines are plugged and the American logo has been stripped from the aircraft.

The last 26 of the McDonnell Douglas widebodies will leave the AA fleet on September 4. An American Airlines MD-80 lands at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons ...

A former American Airlines MD-80, tail number N984TW, has flown again for the first time since its final revenue flight in 2019, which was also American's last MD-80 flight and involved the last MD-80 ...