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Why Delta Air Lines Favored The McDonnell Douglas MD-90

Delta Air Lines initially placed a large order for the McDonnell Douglas MD-90. However, the merger of McDonnell Douglas with Boeing in 1997 ended the program, with Delta only receiving 16 new ...
Flightglobal

Boeing begins transforming MD-90 into NASA’s X-66A demonstrator

Boeing has started dismantling and scanning an old MD-90 as part of a multi-year NASA-supported project to transform the former passenger jet into the X-66A truss-braced-wing demonstrator. Since the ...
Reuters

SAS says to lease MD-90 aircraft to U.S. airline

STOCKHOLM, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Scandinavian carrier SAS said on Thursday it had signed a deal to lease its entire fleet of MD-90 aircraft to an unidentified U.S. airline. SAS, half-owned by the ...
Aviation Week

NASA X-66A Program Begins With MD-90 Conversion Work

The Boeing-NASA X-66A will be developed from an MD-90-30 variant originally delivered to China Northern in 1999. Credit: Boeing/NASA A lot is riding on the success of the X-66A—NASA’s Sustainable ...