Boeing
Boeing 717
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Field marks
- T-tail plus two rear-fuselage-mounted engines is a silhouette nothing else in the current fleet shares
- Short, stubby fuselage with a clean wing underneath — the tail sits close behind the wings
- Almost exclusively Delta or Hawaiian livery — a strong first clue by itself
Specs
- Length
- 37.80 m
- Wingspan
- 28.47 m
- Engines
- Rolls-Royce BR715
- Typical seats
- 106–128
Variant notes
- Descended from the McDonnell Douglas MD-95, rebranded after the 1997 Boeing–McDonnell Douglas merger
- Only two operators fly it in meaningful numbers today: Delta (~80 aircraft) and Hawaiian (~19 aircraft)
- Production ended in 2006 after only 156 built — one of the rarest jets still in mainline service