The DC-9 has a narrow-body fuselage design with five-abreast seating, and holds 80 to 135 passengers depending on seating arrangement and aircraft version. The DC-9 was an all-new design, using two rear fuselage-mounted turbofan engines, and a T-tail. MD-80 production ended in 1999 after 1,191 were built.įive-abreast coach seating and four-abreast premium seatingĭouglas Aircraft developed the DC-9 in the 1960s as a short-range companion to their larger DC-8. Introduced in 1995, the MD-90 is a further stretch powered by IAE V2500 high-bypass turbofans, while the shorter MD-95, the later Boeing 717, was powered by Rolls-Royce BR715 engines. It competed with the Boeing 737 Classic and the Airbus A320. The MD-87 is 17 ft (5.3 m) shorter for 130 passengers in economy and has a range up to 2,900 nmi (5,400 km). The later MD-88 has a modern cockpit with EFIS displays. The larger variants (MD-81/82/83/88) are 148 ft (45.1 m) long to seat 155 passengers in coach and, with varying weights, can cover up to 2,550 nmi (4,720 km). Keeping the five-abreast coach seating, longer variants are stretched by 14 ft (4.3 m) from the DC-9-50 and have a 28% larger wing. It was delivered to launch customer Swissair on September 13, 1980, which introduced it into commercial service on October 10, 1980. It made its first flight on Octoand was certified on August 25, 1980. Stretched, heavier, and with higher bypass Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200 engines, the DC-9 Series 80 was launched in October 1977. The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 is a series of single-aisle airliners developed by McDonnell Douglas from the DC-9.
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