Bring an important chapter of Middle Eastern commercial aviation history to your collection with this 1:200 scale McDonnell Douglas MD-90 diecast model representing Saudia Airlines aircraft HZ-API. Produced by GeminiJets as part of its Gemini 200 series, this detailed display model recreates the distinctive twin-engine MD-90 in Saudia's classic beige-and-blue livery.
Designed for serious aviation enthusiasts and collectors, the model combines diecast metal construction with selected plastic components and includes a display stand for presentation.
Features:
- 1:200 scale commercial aircraft model
- McDonnell Douglas MD-90
- Saudia Airlines livery
- Aircraft registration HZ-API
- GeminiJets Gemini 200 series
- Detailed exterior markings and airline graphics
- Diecast metal construction with selected plastic parts
- Includes display stand
- Approximately 9.25 inches long
- Approximately 6.5-inch wingspan
- No opening components
- Manufacturer's original unopened packaging
Did You Know?
The McDonnell Douglas MD-90 was developed as an advanced member of the successful MD-80 family and entered airline service during the 1990s. One of its most important changes was the adoption of International Aero Engines V2500 turbofan engines, helping distinguish the MD-90 from its MD-80 predecessors.
Saudia became an important MD-90 operator, using the aircraft extensively on domestic and regional services. Aircraft such as HZ-API therefore represent an interesting period when Saudi Arabia's air transportation network was expanding alongside increasing business, tourism, and pilgrimage travel.
The MD-90 also occupies a fascinating place in aviation history because it became one of the final major developments of the classic Douglas twin-engine airliner lineage. Following Boeing's merger with McDonnell Douglas in 1997, MD-90 production eventually ended, making surviving models of the aircraft particularly interesting representations of the closing years of the McDonnell Douglas commercial-aircraft era.
