Delta Air Lines operated 116 MD-88 “Mad Dog” aircraft at its peak through early 2017, but come July the last will leave the fleet.

The MD-88 is at the extreme of operational metrics, being Delta’s oldest aircraft but also least utilized. The two are likely connected: old age meant the MD-88 was written down, giving it low ...

But that was not always the case: in earlier decades, noise reduction was not a priority, and many jets of that era became ...

Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc. receives Delta Air Lines, Inc. Award for NextGen Flat Panel Display System and Flight Management System Turnkey Upgrade to its MD-88 and MD-90 Aircraft Fleet ...

The MD-90 was a continuation of the popular DC-9 family of aircraft and was closely related to the MD-88. It's unclear how popular the aircraft would have been if McDonnell Douglas hadn't merged ...

Everts Air Cargo operates from Fairbanks and is a sister company to Everts Air Alaska, whose fleet includes MD-83 freighters and which has four MD-88 passenger aircraft in storage, according to ...

Delta Air Lines’ MD-88 and MD-90 aircraft were noisy, aging and nearing the end of their usefulness before the coronavirus outbreak. But the pandemic sped up the retirement of the "Mad Dog" jets ...