on november 8, 1994, mcdonnell douglas announced that final assembly would be taken away from the longtime douglas plant at long beach airport, california. instead, it selected a modifications and maintenance operation, dalfort aviation in dallas, texas, to assemble the md-95. in early 1995, management and unions in long beach reached an agreement to hold down wage costs for the life of the md-95 program and mcdonnell douglas canceled the preliminary agreement with dalfort.