First flight at Long Beach August 12th 1980, delivered new to SR September 12th 1980 as HB-INC named "Thurgau", and it became the very first MD-80 to go into airline service. Used by Swissair until March 1996, the final years it was remaed to "Lugano". 1996 to SAS as SE-DMX for four years until July 2000. Last operator was Aero Republica as HK-4265. 2007 wfu and stored at Cali, Columbia. Broken up in 2009

Delivered to Swissair as HB-IFM in 1968. To Texas International Airlines as N531TX in 1980 who merged into Continental Airlines in 1982. Reregistered as N17531 in 1991. To Linea Aeropostal Venezolana as YV-48C in 2000. Reregistered as YV142T in 2006. Withdrawn from use at Caracas in 2007 and scrapped.

All aircraft in this picture are no longer flying with Swiss Air Lines. All MD-11s (in the picture behind HB-IWD are HB-IWO, HB-IWB, HB-IWH and HB-IWL) as well as the E145, the Saab 2000, the RJ100 and the MD-83 have not been in service for some time. Taken from my duty office at the time.

Photographer: Rainer Haufschild.

Scanned from slide.

Later with JAT as YU-AMC, Electra Aviation VR-BMP, and Northwest Airlines as N228NW.

Later SE-DMX, N832F, HK-4265