List of McDonnell Douglas MD-80 operators

Airline operators

The List of McDonnell Douglas MD-80 operators lists the current operators of the aircraft, and any of its variants. As of June 2024, a total of 123 MD-80 aircraft (all variants) were in active service.

Airline	Country	MD-81	MD-82	MD-83	MD-87	MD-88	Total
Aeronaves TSM	Mexico		4	11			15
Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela	Venezuela		2				2
African Express Airways	Kenya		1				1
Albatros Airlines	Venezuela		1				1
ATA Airlines	Iran		1	7			8
AVA Airlines	Iran			1			1
Canadian Airways Congo	DRC		1	1			2
Caspian Airlines	Iran			5			5
Chadian Government	Chad				1		1
Chabahar Airlines	Iran		2	1			3
Dana Air	Nigeria		1	4			5
Erickson Aero Tanker	United States				7		7
Eswatini Government	Eswatini				1		1
Everts Air	United States		1	5			6
Iran Air Tours	Iran		4	1	1		6
Kish Air	Iran		5	2			7
LASER Airlines	Venezuela	4	3	2			9
Olympia Aviation	United States	1					1
RED Air	Dominican Rep.		3				3
RUTACA Airlines	Venezuela			2		2	4
Taban Air	Iran					5	5
TezJet Air	Kyrgyzstan			1			1
USA Jet Airlines	United States			1		6	7
Venezolana	Venezuela			1			1
World Atlantic Airlines	United States			5			5
Zagros Airlines	Iran		4	3			7
Total		5	36	58	10	14	123

Former operators

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2020)

Airline	MD-81	MD-82	MD-83	MD-87	MD-88	Total
1Time		3	5	3		11
AeroRepública	5	3	4			12
Aero Lloyd		2	16	4		22
Aeroméxico		18	9	16	10	53
Aeroméxico Travel			3			3
Air Burkina			1	2		3
Air Mali (2005)			1	3		4
Air Sicilia				1		1
AirCal	2	6				8
Airtours International			14			14
Alaska Airlines		13	35			48
Allegiant Air	13	2	49	4	6	74
Alisarda		7				7
Alitalia		90				90
American Airlines	8	270	108	5		391
Aserca Airlines		5	6			11
Aurora Airlines		4				4
Austral Lineas Aereas	4	1	13		10	28
Austrian Airlines	6	15	3	5		29
Avianca			18			18
BlueSky Airlines			1			1
Bulgarian Air Charter		9				9
BWIA West Indies Airways		1	9			10
China Northern Airlines		27				27
China Southern Airlines		23				23
Compass Airlines		3	2			5
Continental Airlines	5	61	4			70
Crossair		1	11			12
Danish Air Transport		1	1			2
Delta Air Lines		22	8	1	120	151
Dynamic International Airways					2	2
Edelweiss Air			3			3
Falcon Air Express		1	9			10
Far Eastern Air Transport		11	5			16
Finnair		10	13	3		26
FlyCongo		3				3
Frontier Airlines	5	15				20
GMG Airlines		2	1			3
Hawaiian Airlines	6					6
Iberia			1	24	14	39
Insel Air		4	4			8
Iran Air		5				5
ItAli Airlines		5				5
Japan Air System	26			8		34
Japan Airlines	11			8		19
Japan Airlines Domestic	26			8		34
Kam Air		1	1	2		4
Korean Air		9	7			16
Kulula.com		6				6
Lion Air		19	1			20
Meridiana		9	9			18
Midwest Airlines	8	3			4	15
Mineralogy		2				2
Muse Air	2	6				8
Norwegian Air Shuttle		5	3			8
Northwest Airlines		9				9
One-Two-GO Airlines		6	1	2		9
Onur Air			4		5	9
Orient Thai Airlines	2	2				4
Pacific Southwest Airlines	23	10				4
Paramount Airways			4			4
PAWA Dominicana		1	4	1		6
Perla Airlines			2			2
Reno Air		12	14	6		32
RwandAir		3				3
Saicus Air				1		1
Safair	3	1	3			7
SAM Colombia			3			3
SBA Airlines		2	2			4
Scandinavian Airlines	11	47	3	21		82
Spanair	3	16	27	18		64
Spirit Airlines	6	15	15	1		37
Swiftair		7				7
Swissair	24	3	2			29
Swiss International Air Lines		1	10			11
TAC Airlines			2			2
Tarhan Tower Airlines		2				2
Transwede Airways		1	11	2		14
Trans World Airlines	8	39	65			112
United Airways			5			5
US Airways	21	16				31
ValuJet Airlines	1	2	1			5
West Caribbean Airways	1	2				3
Wings Air		15	1			16

References

"PlaneSpotters.net".

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Accidents and
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DC-9	West Coast Airlines Flight 956 (1966) TWA Flight 553 (1967) Ozark Air Lines Flight 965 (1968) Ozark Air Lines Flight 982 (1968) Viasa Flight 742 (1969) Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 (1969) 1970 Dominicana air disaster Eastern Air Lines Shuttle Flight 1320 (1970) ALM Flight 980 (1970) Southern Airways Flight 932 (1970) Hughes Airwest Flight 706 (1971) 1972 Turkish Airlines Adana crash JAT Flight 367 (1972) EgyptAir Flight 763 (1972) Delta Air Lines Flight 9570 (1972) Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 130 (1972) Southern Airways Flight 49 (1972) 1972 Chicago–O'Hare runway collision 1973 Nantes mid-air collision Aeroméxico Flight 229 (1973) Delta Air Lines Flight 723 (1973) Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 (1974) Avensa Flight 358 (1974) Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 450 (1975) 1976 Zagreb mid-air collision Southern Airways Flight 242 (1977) Air Canada Flight 189 (1978) TWA Flight 541 (1978) Alitalia Flight 4128 (1978) Itavia Flight 870 (1980) Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 206 (1981) Aeroméxico Flight 230 (1981) Aeroméxico Flight 110 (1981) Avensa Flight 007 (1983) Air Canada Flight 797 (1983) 1983 Madrid runway disaster Ozark Air Lines Flight 650 (1983) Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105 (1985) Aeroméxico Flight 498 (1986) Garuda Indonesia Flight 035 (1987) Continental Airlines Flight 1713 (1987) Evergreen International Airlines Flight 17 (1988) Alitalia Flight 404 (1990) 1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision Ryan International Airlines Flight 590 (1991) Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela Flight 108 (1991) Japan Air System Flight 451 (1993) USAir Flight 1016 (1994) Intercontinental de Aviación Flight 256 (1995) ValuJet Flight 592 (1996) Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 (1997) Cebu Pacific Flight 387 (1998) TAESA Flight 725 (1999) Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 (2005) 2006 Mexico drug bust Hewa Bora Airways Flight 122 (2008)
MD-80	Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308 (1981) Northwest Airlines Flight 255 (1987) Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 046 (1988) Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 751 (1991) China Eastern Airlines Flight 5398 (1993) China Northern Airlines Flight 6901 (1993) Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 347 (1994) TWA Flight 427 (1994) American Airlines Flight 1572 (1995) Delta Air Lines Flight 1288 (1996) Korean Air Flight 1533 (1999) American Airlines Flight 1420 (1999) Alaska Airlines Flight 261 (2000) 2001 Linate Airport disaster China Northern Airlines Flight 6136 (2002) Lion Air Flight 538 (2004) West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 (2005) One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 (2007) Atlasjet Flight 4203 (2007) Spanair Flight 5022 (2008) Dana Air Flight 0992 (2012) Air Algérie Flight 5017 (2014) Delta Air Lines Flight 1086 (2015) Ameristar Charters Flight 9363 (2017) Caspian Airlines Flight 6936 (2020) 2021 Houston MD-87 crash RED Air Flight 203 (2022)
MD-90	Uni Air Flight 873 (1999)

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