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<p>As of August 2022, 250 aircraft remain in service: 31 DC-9s (freighter), 116 MD-80s (mainly freighter), and 103 Boeing 717s (passenger), while the MD-90 was retired without freighter conversion.</p>

<p><big>Development</big></p>
<p><big>Origins</big></p>
<p>During the late 1950s, <a href="page.php?w=Douglas_Aircraft_Company">Douglas Aircraft</a> studied a short- to medium-range airliner to complement their then-sole <a href="page.php?w=jetliner">jetliner</a>, the high-capacity, long-range <a href="page.php?w=Douglas_DC-8">DC-8</a> (DC stands for Douglas Commercial).</p><p>
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