Boeing Will Drop Two Mcdonnell Craft

Boeing Co. plans to stop making two McDonnell Douglas airplane models, which have been losing out to competition from Boeing’s 737 line. But Boeing will keep alive the MD-11 jumbo jet and the 100-seat MD-95.

Boeing, which acquired McDonnell Douglas this past summer, said the decisions announced Monday followed months of market analysis.

The Seattle-based company said it would stop producing the MD-80 and MD-90 aircraft in mid-1999 when current orders are filled.

MD-80s and MD-90s are single-aisle twinjets whose sales have languished in recent years due to competition from Boeing’s family of 737 jets. Boeing will keep alive the MD-11 and the MD-95, but said the longterm future of the MD-95 is uncertain.