MD81/MD82/MD83/MD87/MD88 - McDonnell Douglas MD-80 family

[jacobg]

Aircraft Model (Name & Manufacturer)
MD-81/82/87/88 by McDonnell Douglas

NOTE: The MD-95 became the Boeing 717

Aircraft Category
Choose one: A / B / C / D / E / F
(Use ICAO wingspan aircraft classification)

Purpose or Role in Game
Medium-haul routes

Why should this aircraft be added?
Realism, variety, older aircraft

Airlines that use/used it
Alaska
American
Delta
United
Scandinavian (SAS)
Alitalia
Iberia
Spanair
World Atlantic
ATA Airlines
Aeronaves TSM (Uses MD80F)

Special characteristics or variants

Optional: Links or references

McDonnell Douglas MD-80

[Hirohitoswaifu]

Alitalia, Iberia, Spanair as well for some European additions. I reckon this will come soon but I feel 737 family will be before it.

[T3X45ranger]

You should add the MD80F and mention Aeronaves TSM as well. Currently flying around

[LucaM]

Aeronaves TSM MD-82(SF)

…and MD-83(SF)

I think having these in the game along with LASER’s pax MDs would easily turn SXM into one of the most played airports

[Hirohitoswaifu]

Also got USAjet as well, they operate a few on auto parts runs in the US but we could potentially see them at SXM. Plus if older aircraft are considered you could have your American chrome fellas and Deltas beasts as well as Allegiants. Gotta love the mad dog .

Also, Insel Air used to be a regular at SXM in the 2010s,

[AirplaneLover21]

If/When they do add this aircraft family, I’m hoping that they add unique engine sounds for it .

Specifically, the nasally hissing sound for when its taxiing, and the high-pitched buzzing sound for when its taking off.

[Tanman]

I dunno if it’ll happen, but it would be a dream come true if we got the Erickson Aero Tanker MD-87s added to the game with this family one day, absolutely incredible aircraft.

[Hirohitoswaifu]

A snazzy livery, I doubt we’d ever see firefighting aircraft in-game but I bet the devs could include it if you’re happy with it acting like a normal aircraft. Cracking colours on it.

[Hirohitoswaifu]

Actually, gonna add some of the liveries I hope we get to see,

Alitalia both as regulars for BRI (Both of these were around at retirement in 2012 - the older livery, pre-2006, still being worn by the majority of the 23 MD-82’s that survived into the new Alitalia after the old one went bankrupt in Jan 2009. Original Alitalia had 90 of them),

Meridiana’s (Lasted into the late 2010s),

Snowflake (Something about this livery I adore),

SAS (Both the 82 and 87 were around till 2013),

The obligatory MAN photo ,

Nordic (Both the 81/82/83/87 operated till mid-2009, we could bend the rules slightly right devs ),

FlyNordic (Became Norwegian Air Shuttle Sweden in mid-2008 included below too),

Spanair (Was a mainly MD80 operating airline till its collapse in 2012, flew to BRI and PRG),

Iberia,

There’re loads more but this is a nice selection of European ones perfect for INN/BRI/PRG where I spend a lot of my current life even though I have all the airports .

[Tanman]

Who knows, though one Firefighting aircraft has already been confirmed, one of the new upcoming C-130 liveries is gonna be Coulson Aviation’s tanker livery.

@Thatflyerguy

Also, at least one confirmed new livery so far: Coulson firefighting in SCL and SAN, as an event presumably.

[fedinsky]

Aeromexico also use the MD83 and MD87, for charter flights to the US, as Aeromexico travel. They use these liveries