the md-90 was developed from the md-80 series. it was launched in 1989 and first flew in 1993. the md-90 was longer, featured a glass cockpit (electronic instrumentation) and more powerful, quieter, fuel efficient iae v2525-d5 engines, with the option of upgrading that to an iae v2528 engine. a total of 116 md-90 airliners were delivered.