Mad Dog Central 2: An Old World MD-80 Wishlist

In part 1 I looked at the possibilities for MD-80s for the Americas but of course the type has been used widely in the rest of the world also. In fact, arguably the 80 was more representative of Europe than the US and certainly there was a massive diversity of Mad Dogs in the EU. So here we take a trip around Europe, Asia, Oceania and Africa on the lookout for MD-80 options.

If the MD-80 hasn't been well represented in the Americas the situation is even more dire in what used to be called the 'Old World'. After all about 2/3 of all releases have been for North American airlines leaving only about 45 releases for the rest of the world, of which 22 have been European.

In this second part of the wishlist I present 89 more MD-80s. I start with Europe and then move elsewhere as follows:

• Alitalia / ATI
• SAS & Scanair
• Swissair, Balair & Crossair
• Other European Flag Carriers
• Other European Scheduled
• UK
• European Charters
• Asia / Australia
• China
• Iran
• Africa

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ALITALIA / ATI

Probably the most iconic MD-80 scheme aside from AA was the Alitalia scheme worn by their large fleet of Mad Dogs for well over 20 years.

Damiano Gualdoni (GFDL or GFDL ), via Wikimedia Commons

Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Peter Bakema (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

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SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINE SYSTEM / SCANAIR

Another iconic MD scheme is that of SAS who operated a large MD-80 fleet for many years and refitted their pointy tailed 80s with scredrivers.

Alexander Jonsson (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Torsten Maiwald (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Ken Fielding/https://www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

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SWISSAIR / BALAIR / CROSSAIR

JetPix (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Pedro Aragão, CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons

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OTHER EUROPEAN FLAG CARRIERS

Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Alan Lebeda (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Gerry Stegmeier (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

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OTHER EURO SCHEDULED

Pedro Aragão, CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons

Konstantin von Wedelstaedt (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Pedro Aragão, CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons

Pedro Aragão, CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons

JetPix (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Gerry Stegmeier (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Peter Bakema (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

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UK

The 757 and 737-300 were far more popular in Britain but a few MD-80s did slip in.

Pedro Aragão, CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons

Pedro Aragão, CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons

Pedro Aragão, CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons

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EUROPEAN CHARTERS

The MD-80 was popular among European charter companies.

Ken Fielding/https://www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Ken Fielding/https://www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Pedro Aragão, CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons

Ken Fielding/https://www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Pedro Aragão, CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons

Konstantin von Wedelstaedt (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

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ASIA / AUSTRALIA

Sabung.hamster, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

M Radzi Desa (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Tsung TsenTsan (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Ken Fielding/https://www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Amayagan, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

M Radzi Desa (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Kentaro Iemoto from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Edwin Leong, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Andre Wadman (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Craig, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

aeroprints.com, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

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CHINA

Dennis HKG, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

aeroprints.com, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

aeroprints.com, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

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IRAN

​One of the last strongholds of the MD-80 is Iran where a variety of carriers still fly the Mad Dog.

Anna Zvereva from Tallinn, Estonia, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

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AFRICA

Christian Volpati (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Christian Volpati (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

(WT-en) Fluglotse2000 at English Wikivoyage aka. User:Africaspotter, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons