Delta’s MD-80s were specially updated and rebranded as the MD-88. This beloved workhorse entered service on April 1, 1987, flying to just about every city in Delta’s North American network ...

Delta started flying the MD-88s in 1988 and the MD-90s in 1995. Carl Nordin, the captain at the controls of the final MD-88 flight, is sentimental about the plane he has flown for 18 years ...

MD-88 is Delta’s oldest aircraft: Delta has an average higher fleet age (15 years) than peers. The MD-88s are its oldest with an average age of 29 years at the end of last December, when Delta ...

Delta Air Lines DAL +2.3% operated 116 MD-88 “Mad Dog” aircraft at its peak through early 2017, but come July the last will leave the fleet.

Nicknamed the Mad Dogs, the McDonnell Douglas planes were for a long time the workhorses of Delta’s narrowbody fleet. Delta began flying the MD-88 in 1987 and operated as many as 120 of them.

However, Delta told ABC 11 the MD-88 involved in this particular incident has already had its engine replaced and is slated to resume flying on Wednesday.

Instead, Delta said will replace its approximately 30 daily MD-88 departures from LaGuardia with "a mix of quieter, more fuel-efficient Airbus A320 family aircraft, Boeing 737s and a limited ...

A Delta Air Lines McDonnell Douglas MD-88 made an emergency landing at New York JFK International Airport and wound up in a grassy area after an indication of a problem with the aircraft’s ...

A Delta Air Lines MD-88 went off the runway after landing at New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA) shortly after 11 a.m. local time Thursday and crashed into a fence before stopping.

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 ...

Delta’s MD-80s were specially updated and rebranded as the MD-88. This beloved workhorse entered service on April 1, 1987, flying to just about every city in Delta’s North American network ...

With Delta’s bulging order book of new, next-generation aircraft such as the Airbus A220, the Mad Dog’s time had come and gone. The star of the day was N900DE, the 100th MD-88 delivered to Delta.