However, no MD-90s were delivered after Boeing and McDonnell Douglas merged in 1997 because of internal competition with Boeing's 737 aircraft. Delta Air Lines received 16 examples in 1995 and 1996.

It subsequently built a series of variants – MD-80, MD-88, MD-90 and MD-95. The number of seats rose from about 90 to 158, before a cutback to 134 on the MD-95. Boeing took over McDonnell ...

Delta Air Lines marked the end of an era on 2 June when it retired its final McDonnell Douglas MD-88 and MD-90 aircraft, closing 34 years during which the types served as workhorses in the fleets ...

The carrier had previously planned to retire its MD-88 fleet by the end of the year and its MD-90 fleet in 2022. Nicknamed the Mad Dogs, the McDonnell Douglas planes were for a long time the ...

The MD-90s have 160 seats. The MD-90 removal last week was the first reduction to Delta's fleet of former McDonnell Douglas twin-jets since it wrote off an MD-88 (MSN 49540) following a runway ...

Noisy as all get-out, the McDonnell Douglas planes were nonetheless pioneers in the industry. The MD-90 was the last and final model and was notable for saving fuel and carrying a larger load while ...

For McDonnell Douglas, meanwhile, the program never made any money, and with cash flow issues as well as the failure of the MD-90, the company did not stick around much longer.

McDonnell Douglas DC-10: 446. McDonnell Douglas MD-11: 200. 646 total. Lockheed Martin L-1011: 249. ... 1995: MD-90, a twinjet, begins production. 1997: McDonnell Douglas merges with Boeing.

Of those four planes McDonnell Douglas had in production, only the MD-95 and MD-11 would survive the merger. Boeing would continue using the MD-95, incorporating it into its 7X7 series of aircraft ...

When Boeing acquired McDonnell Douglas in 1997, it soon announced that it would end production of the MD-80 series of jets, as well as the MD-90 and MD-11.

The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series was the successor to the smaller Douglas DC-9, with McDonnell Aircraft and Douglas Aircraft Company merging in 1967. A McDonnell Douglas MD-80. Getty Images ...

The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 is a tri-engine, long-range airliner with a maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) of 610,000 lbs and a range of 8,460 miles designed to connect distant points across the globe.