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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 December 18, 1970 February 4, 1971 ... This is a list of aircraft that were preserved, but would be scrapped during preservation due to costs, lack of spare ...
C-9B Skytrain II - 24 convertible passenger/transport versions of the DC-9-32CF for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps delivered from 1973 to 1976. Five more C-9s were converted from passenger configured DC-9s. [12] VC-9C - 3 executive transport aircraft for the U.S. Air Force; these were delivered in 1976 [12] and served until 2011. [citation needed]
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]
Evergreen International Airlines Flight 17 (4U17/EIA17) was a cargo flight operated by Evergreen International Airlines and flown by a McDonnell Douglas DC-9.On March 18, 1989, the flight's planned route was scheduled to take it from Kelly Air Force Base (outside San Antonio, Texas) to Tinker Air Force Base (outside of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), with a stop at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort ...
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.
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 ...
SAS was the launch customer of the -600 series, which replaced the DC-9 and F28 aircraft. The series is used both on domestic and European routes. [71] Boeing 737-700: 32: 1: 141: 1999: 2023: The first six aircraft were bought to replace DC-9 and some MD-80 aircraft on domestic services and were later supplemented with four more.