59 Years Since Its First Flight: Who Still Operates The DC-9?

The DC-9 is an important aircraft in narrowbody development history and was a commercial success for Douglas – and later McDonnell Douglas. Taking into account its successors (the MD-80, MD-90 and Boeing 717), the series remained in production from 1965 right up to 2006. Incredibly, a small number of original DC-9 aircraft remain in service – although not in regularly scheduled use.