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Through the DC-9, Douglas had beaten rival company Boeing and their 737 to enter the short-haul jet market, a key factor that contributed to the DC-9 becoming the best selling airliner in the world for a time. [13] By May 1976, the company had delivered 726 aircraft of the DC-9 family, which was more than double the number of its nearest ...
DC-9-32 1979 May 16, 1979 June 21, 1993 Garuda Indonesia: Transportation Museum in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah in Jakarta, Indonesia. On static display [3] [4] MM62012 DC-9-32 1973 January 1974 May 2001 Italian Air Force: Volandia in Somma Lombardo, Varese On static display [5] [6] XA-JEB DC-9-32 1969 February 1969 August 31, 2004 Playboy ...
3 aircraft put back into service for cargo retired in October 2020. Largest scheduled operator. Boeing 767-300ER: 12 1995 2007 Carley Werkspoor Jumbo: 1 1930 1940 Only 1 aircraft was ever built, PH-AFI. Convair 240: 12 1948 1959 Convair 340: 13 1953 1964 De Havilland DH.9: 4 1921 1926 De Havilland DH.16: 4 1920 1924 Leased from Aircraft ...
Such cargo-only cities on Northwest's route map included Wilmington, Ohio, and cargo only routes included Chicago, Illinois to Anchorage, Alaska. On April 21, 2009, Delta announced they were grounding 8 of their Boeing 747-200 freighter aircraft on December 31, 2009. The last flight of a dedicated cargo aircraft was December 26, 2009.
In August 2013, USA Jet Airlines became the world's first operator of an MD-80 Passenger-to-Freighter conversion. The aircraft, converted by Aeronautical Engineers, Inc., competes against the Boeing 727 in the cargo market. [5] In February 2023, USA Jet retired the last three of their McDonnell Douglas DC-9 fleet. [citation needed]
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14: 17 1965 1973 [73] Boeing 737-200: Launch customer. One crashed as Flight 9570. McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30: 77 1967 1993 [73] [nb 1] One crashed as Flight 723. One hijacked as Flight 523. 27 2010 2010 Boeing 717-200 McDonnell Douglas MD-90: Former Northwest Airlines fleet. Never wore Delta livery. [74] McDonnell Douglas ...
The Vickers Vernon, introduced in 1921, was the first cargo plane for military troops The Arado Ar 232, the first purpose built cargo aircraft A U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules, the archetypal military transport aircraft, over the Atlantic Ocean in 2014 The Antonov An-225 Mriya, the heaviest cargo aircraft
The MD-80 series, the first derivative or the second generation of the DC-9 family, entered service in 1980.The aircraft series was originally designated as Series 80 or stylized as the Super 80, [5] which was a 14 ft 3 in (4.34 m) lengthened Series 50 with a higher maximum take-off weight (MTOW) and higher fuel capacity, as well as next-generation Pratt and Whitney JT8D-200 series engines and ...