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| Boeing 717 | |
|---|---|
| |
| A Spanair 717 | |
| Role | Airliner |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Boeing Commercial Airplanes |
| Designer | McDonnell Douglas |
| First flight | September 2, 1998[1] |
| Introduction | October 12, 1999 with AirTran Airways[1] |
| Status | Not being made anymore, but still being used by airlines |
| Primary users | AirTran Airways Hawaiian Airlines Cobham Volotea |
| Produced | 1998–2006 |
| Number built | 156 |
| Developed from | McDonnell Douglas MD-80 |
The Boeing 717 was designed and managed by John Wolf and Jim Phillips starting in 1996 as the MD-95 and became a new twinjet airliner. It has two engines, which means that it is a twinjet. It also only has two columns of seats, which makes it a narrow-body plane. The Boeing 717 was designed and sold by McDonnell Douglas when it was called the MD-95 and was designed from the DC-9. The 717 can hold up to 117 passengers. It can fly for 2,060 nautical miles (3,820 kilometres). The 717 has two Rolls-Royce BR715 turbofan engines.
The first MD-95 was ordered in October 1995. Boeing bought McDonnell Douglas in 1997,[2] which was before the first MD-95 was made. The first plane was finished in 1999, and it was called the Boeing 717. Boeing stopped making 717s in May 2006. 156 were made.[3]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Boeing 717". Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Retrieved January 4, 2011.
- ↑ Boeing Chronology, 1997-2001, Boeing
- ↑ "Boeing Delivers Final 717s; Concludes Commercial Production in California" (Press release). Boeing. May 23, 2006. Retrieved December 9, 2010.