AirTran is a major user of the Boeing 717 jetliner, which is built in Long Beach. At list prices, which are routinely discounted, the 114 new jets would be worth just over $6 billion.

Moreover, Boeing has had difficulty finding customers for the 717, a medium-range jet model the aerospace giant acquired in 1997 when it merged with rival McDonnell Douglas.

Boeing has had difficulty finding customers for the 717, a medium-range jet model the aerospace giant acquired in 1997 when it merged with rival McDonnell Douglas.

CHICAGO (CBS.MW) -- Boeing appears to have come out ahead in a $6 billion deal to provide 100 airplanes to AirTran. The discount carrier, one of the few to post profits in recent quarters, is ...

The $4 billion deal includes 50 firm orders for the 737-700, plus 50 options, as well as 10 firm orders for Boeing 717-200s.

Boeing this week delivered its 100th 717 to AirTran during a ceremony at the company's final assembly facility at Long Beach, Calif. AirTran's 717 fleet now numbers 37 aircraft, with 13 additional ...

Delta Air Lines Inc. plans to add 88 Boeing 717s to its fleet, picking up planes that Southwest Airlines received in its acquisition of AirTran that it doesn't want to ...

AirTran Airways has received its 50th 717-200, a reliable short-range, high-frequency twinjet built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in Long Beach, Calif. AirTran is the launch customer and largest ...

2019 - retreat to the East Coast By the time Delta Air Lines' Boeing 717 West Coast operations ended in 2019, the carrier was operating up to 1,205 flights per month with the aircraft.

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- AirTran Airways said Tuesday that it ordered 100 Boeing 737s and 10 Boeing 717s in a deal that could be worth $6 billion to Boeing.

AirTran Airways has signed an agreement with Boeing Capital Corporation to lease 23 additional 717-200 jetliners. All the airplanes are scheduled to be delivered by Boeing in 2003.