List of McDonnell Douglas MD-80 operators

Last updated November 17, 2025

Airline operators

The List of McDonnell Douglas MD-80 operators lists the current operators of the aircraft, and any of its variants. Originally popular with operators such as American Airlines and Delta Airlines, by the 2020s it had been largely been relegated to scheduled airline service in Central and South America, Africa, and Iran, as well as charter, cargo, and aerial firefighting services.^[1] As of August, 2025, around 100 MD-80 aircraft (all variants) were in active service, with Mexican charter carrier Aeronaves TSM as the largest operator.^[2]

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

Former operators

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 Efata			1		3	4
Air Mali (2005)			1	3		4
Air Sicilia				1		1
AirCal	2	6				8
Airfast Indonesia		2	2			4
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
Bouraq Indonesia Airlines		3				3
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					120^[3]	120
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
Kartika Airlines			1			1
Korean Air		9	7			16
Kulula.com		6				6
Lion Air		19	1			20
Macedonian Airlines		2				2
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
Star Air (Indonesia)		2	2			4
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

↑ Diaz, Pablo. "Farewell, Mad Dog: European Air Charter retires the last operating MD-80 in Europe". Aviacionline. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
↑ Williams, Daniel. "Flight Friday: The MD-80 "Mad Dogs" Struggle For Survival Post-COVID". Aviation Week. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
↑ "A Final Salute to Delta's Mad Dogs" (PDF). Delta Flight Museum. Retrieved 16 November 2025.

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[1] Diaz, Pablo. "Farewell, Mad Dog: European Air Charter retires the last operating MD-80 in Europe". Aviacionline. Retrieved 15 November 2025.

[2] Williams, Daniel. "Flight Friday: The MD-80 "Mad Dogs" Struggle For Survival Post-COVID". Aviation Week. Retrieved 15 November 2025.

[3] "A Final Salute to Delta's Mad Dogs" (PDF). Delta Flight Museum. Retrieved 16 November 2025.

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