Boeing By Andrew McIntosh – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Aug 16, 2016 Updated Aug 16, 2016 1:27pm PDT ...

Delta's configuration for the Boeing 717 will feature 12 first-class seats, 15 Economy Comfort seats and 83 in coach. Delta will use its 717s both to the replace its 50-seat regional jets and the ...

So far, Boeing has received firm orders for only 137 of the twin-engine jets, of which 82 have been delivered. A year ago, Boeing adopted a new process to churn out a 717 about every 20 days.

The 100-seat 717 is the orphan jet inherited by The Boeing Co. in its 1997 merger with McDonnell Douglas. It was developed by McDonnell Douglas as the MD-95, as a replacement for the popular DC-9.

Boeing rebranded the MD-95 as the Boeing 717 The deal allowed Boeing to use surplus McDonnell Douglas factory capacity, and of the planes in production, only the MD-95 and MD-11 would continue ...

CHICAGO — Boeing Co. will end production of the 717 jet, its smallest passenger plane, next year, and plans to charge $615 million against earnings before taxes related to that and the loss of a ...