The aircraft involved is a 24.7-year-old Boeing 717-200, registered as N955AT ... Originally ordered by AirTran Airways in 1995, the jet became part of Southwest Airlines' fleet after it acquired ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Saturday marked 10 years since AirTran Airways officially shut down after being purchased by Southwest Airlines. But the now-defunct airline will always have a special ...

The 717-200 could seat 106 passengers in a typical ... the production line in 2005 after building the last plane for AirTran Airways. Boeing only sold 156 717s throughout its short production ...

The airline flies America’s youngest all-Boeing fleet, composed of the fuel-efficient Boeing 737-700 and 717-200 aircraft. AirTran Airways was also the first to install XM Satellite Radio on a ...

According to data from ch-aviation, this 717-200 has had three customers throughout its history, all in the United States. It was first operated by AirTran Airways between 2000 and 2012. Then, when ...

When Boeing took over the MD-95 project in 1997, there were plans to stretch the fuselage of what was to become the Boeing 717-200 for a larger variant ... order in 1995 from ValuJet Airlines (later ...

The Boeing 717 fleet with an average age of 19.1 years was acquired from Southwest Airlines following its merger with AirTran Airways in 2011 ... replacing the Boeing 777-200 with the Airbus ...

But amongst the noise lived a quiet, yet very important aircraft – the Boeing 717. On September 2, 1998, the first 717-200 took off on a flight in ... deliveries going to a now-bankrupt airline ...

Boeing quickly assessed production lines in Long Beach and decided to rebrand the MD-95 jetliner as the Boeing 717-200. Contracts for the 100-passenger short-range twin jet were made with AirTran ...

On May 23, 2006, Boeing delivered the last two 717-200 ... of AirTran Airways' fleet of 88 717s following the low-cost carrier's acquisition by Southwest, Delta was able to drop 200 regional ...