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Douglas DC-9

1963 airliner family

Key facts

Type: Narrow-body jet airliner
National origin: United States
Manufacturer: Douglas Aircraft Company (1965 ‍ – ‍ 1967) McDonnell Douglas (1967–1982)
Status: In limited service for cargo transport and private use
Primary users: USA Jet Airlines (historical) Aeronaves TSM , Everts Air Cargo , Northwest Airlines (historical)
Manufactured: 1965–1982
Introduction date: December 8, 1965, with Delta Air Lines
First flight: February 25, 1965
Variant: McDonnell Douglas C-9
Developed into: McDonnell Douglas MD-80

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The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 is an American five-abreast, single-aisle aircraft designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company. It was initially produced as the Douglas DC-9 before August 1967, when the company merged with McDonnell Aircraft to become McDonnell Douglas.

Even before the introduction of its first jetliner, the high-capacity Douglas DC-8, in 1959, Douglas was interested in producing an aircraft suited to smaller routes. As early as 1958, design studies were made; approval for the DC-9, a smaller all-new jetliner, came on April 8, 1963. The DC-9-10 first flew on February 25, 1965, and got its type certificate on November 23, to enter service with Delta Air Lines on December 8.