The DC-9 won't completely disappear just yet. Delta will keep two DC-9 aircraft as spares for a few weeks as it continues to accept delivery of Boeing 717 aircraft, the airline wrote to employees.

The DC-9 retirement comes just months after Delta began taking delivery of 88 used Boeing 717-200 aircraft (Delta is buying AirTran’s fleet of 717s because Southwest doesn’t want them) and 100 ...

Delta Air Lines on Jan. 6, 2014 will retire its remaining Douglas DC-9 aircraft following Flight 2014 scheduled to depart Minneapolis/St. Paul for Atlanta at 4:20 p.m. Delta Air Lines on Jan. 6 ...

Delta says it has flown a total of 305 DC-9s since 1965. In announcing the retirement of its last DC-9 jets, Delta notes it has removed or retired more than 350 aircraft from its fleet since 2008.

Delta Air Lines retired its remaining McDonnell Douglas DC-9 aircraft Monday after the last scheduled commercial flight from Minneapolis/St. Paul to Atlanta. “The DC-9 has been a workhorse in ...

Delta Air Lines is retiring its last DC-9s, the oldest passenger plane in the fleet of the big U.S. airlines. Delta operated the final passenger flight from Minneapolis to Atlanta Monday evening.

The DC-9 was a tough bird, though, and after complete overhauls proved nearly as good as a brand new aircraft, Northwest kept them in service. Delta's history with the DC-9 is a long one.

Nearly half a century after it became the first U.S. airline to fly twin-engine DC-9s, Delta Air Lines retired the last of those venerable airliners Monday.

The DC-9 first took flight in 1965 and production stopped in 1982. While most airlines phased the planes out in the '90s, Delta overhauled its fleet and kept them in the air, until now.

Nearly half a century after it became the first U.S. airline to fly twin-engine DC-9s, Delta Air Lines retired the last of those venerable airliners Monday.