FLEET / ORDER - Delta Air Lines expects to integrate the B737-10 into its fleet in 2027, which will directly facilitate the phase-out of aging, less efficient narrowbody models, specifically the B717 and B757 fleets.

Aviator / Photos: Duncan Stewart
 

FLEET - Alaska Air Group Evaluates Replacements for Hawaiian Airlines' Boeing 717s

Alaska Air Group is evaluating the future of Hawaiian Airlines' fleet of 19 Boeing 717 aircraft, which operate exclusively inter-island flights in Hawaii. Hawaiian has operated this model for over two decades, with the average age of the fleet approaching 24 years.

Hawaiian also flies the Airbus A321neo on some inter-island flights.

The B737 is one of the possible replacements.

Photos: Duncan Stewart
 

FLEET - Delta Air Lines is accelerating the retirement of six B717, by four years to August 2026, due to the high engine maintenance costs and current fuel prices.

Dunan Stewart - LAX
 

Qantas (Australia) sold another B717, serial 55054, to another major carrier; the third B717 to leave

All 20 of the QantasLink B717s will be gradually replaced by 29 A220s, the first of which is due to arrive later in 2023. The first of 20 A321XLRs will arrive in late 2024.

Photos: QANTAS

 

QANTAS LINK - B717 - VH-NXJ

Ton Jochems - BNE

DELTA AIR LINES - B717 - N933AT

Duncan Stewart - LAX

Blue1 ends B717 revenue operations

Blue 1 has ended B717-200 operations as of Saturday, October 31. Research indicates the type's last flight was SK1768 from Prague to Stockholm Arlanda. Three of Blue1's five remaining B717s are destined for Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) with the other two believed to be going to Spain's Volotea (V7, Palma de Mallorca Son Sant Joan) though this is subject to change.

Earlier this year, Blue1's new owner CityJet (WX, Dublin Int'l) announced plans to re-equip the Finnish carrier with a fleet of eight CRJ-900s. Once the Bombardier twinjets arrive, they will then be leased out to SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK, Copenhagen Kastrup) on a three-year wet-lease contract beginning March of next year.

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Photo:Ton Jochems - HEL

VOLOTEA - B717 - EC-MGS

Alain Charpentier - TLS

VOLOTEA - B717 - EC-MGT "Marco Polo"

José Ramon Valero

Blue to offload B717 fleet to Volotea, Delta

Blue 1 (KF, Helsinki Vantaa) has secured sales agreements with Spanish budget operator Volotea (V7, Palma de Mallorca Son Sant Joan) for four of its outgoing B717-200s Flygtorget has reported. 

"Demand for used machines is good," Michael Wångdahl, Blue 1's CEO said. "The first four have gone to Volotea in Spain and there will not be any problem in getting rid of the five we have left."

The Swedish aviation news site claims the Finnish operator's remaining five B717s will end up with Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson), now the world's largest operator of the type with eighty-eight mostly ex-AirTran Airways (FL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) jets acquired from Southwest Airlines (WN, Dallas Love Field). Other operators that had expressed a keen interest in the Finnish B717s include Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingford Smith) and Hawaiian Airlines (HA, Honolulu).

Late last year, SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK, Copenhagen Kastrup) president and CEO Rickard Gustafson said the B717's high unit costs would see it phased out in favour of five B737-600s beginning in autumn this year. In all, SAS plans to transform Blue 1 from a commercial airline focussing on the Finnish domestic market, to a production company offering flexible wet-lease services to SAS. 

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Photo:PedroMB/FPP - AMS

Volotea Planned New W14 Routes as of 23JUL14

 

Volotea in Winter 2014/15 season is introducing additional 4 routes. General info for these new routes as follow.
eff 19DEC14 Venice – Toulouse 2 weekly (Except 05JAN15 – 08FEB15)
eff 20DEC14 Nantes – Las Palmas 1 weekly
eff 20DEC14 Toulouse – Tenerife North 1 weekly
eff 20DEC14 Venice – Santander 2 weekly (until 06JAN15)

 Previously reported new routes:
eff 27NOV14 Strasbourg – Marseille 4 weekly (2 weekly from 09JAN15)
eff 21DEC14 Bordeaux – Fuerteventura 1 weekly Routes Online
Photo:Ton Jochems - PMI

 

VOLOTEA - B717 - EC-EWJ - NANTES "Allez les Canaris"

José Ramon Valero - PMI

QANTAS LINK - B717-2BL - VH-YQW -

The last of 5 new B717's to join the Cobham/QantasLink fleet. The aircraft was painted up with Tasmanian Devils to promote Tasmina. The 5 new B717's are currently used on Sydney and Melbourne to Hobart, Adelaide to Sydney & Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane to Canberra Flights. The 'Tasmanian Devil' seen arriving on Rwy.23 from Sydney as 'Q-Jet 1555'.

Photo:Stefan Perkas - Adelaide - International, Austrália

Volotea to start Siciliy - Israel flights from June

Volotea will launch its first flights to Israel with a weekly service to Tel Aviv Ben Gurion with effect from June 25.
The flights, will operate onboard one of its fifteen B717-200s, are routed out of the Spanish carrier's Sicilian hub of Palermo.
Photo:Volotea

 

DELTA AIR LINES - B717-2BD - N977AT

Agustin Anaya - Atlanta - USA

DELTA Plans New Domestic Boeing 717 Markets in S14

DELTA in Summer 2014 season plans to introduce Boeing 717 service on additional 5 domestic routes, including service to Augusta, Chicago Midway, Dallas Love Field, Fayetteville AR, and Houston Intercontinental.

Planned schedule, effective 01APR14 to 30APR14, as follow:
01APR14 Atlanta – Augusta
Boeing 717 operation currently scheduled until 18AUG14

01APR14 Atlanta – Chicago Midway

01APR14 Atlanta – Fayetteville AR
Boeing 717 operation currently scheduled until 04JUN14

01APR14 Atlanta – Houston Intercontinental 1 daily
Boeing 717 operation currently scheduled until 04JUN14


13OCT14 Atlanta – Dallas Love Field 6 daily

MEXICANA CLICK - B717 - N928ME

Ton Jochems - VCV

Where Does the Boeing 717 Fly? - November 2013 Network Update

 

Ton Jochems - AMS - B717 - OH-BLM




When Boeing acquired McDonnell Douglas the future of its MD-95 programme was in serious doubt. However, Boeing stuck with the project with the belief there was a sufficient demand for a 120-seat aircraft and relaunched the jet as the Boeing 717. Unfortunately, it was much heavier than many of the new regional jet arrivals in the 100- to 120-seat market and never really fulfilled its potential. Although only 156 aircraft were delivered when production ended in May 2006, the type continues to be used across the globe with US major, Delta Air Lines, recently becoming the latest customer for the type.



Every month The HUB will provide an update on the current Boeing 717 flight schedule and the routes the aircraft is being deployed upon. This list for November 2013 was compiled from OAG Analyser on October 31, 2013 and changes to planned routes are likely. In the table below we also feature the Boeing 717 network size of each operator and the top destinations served by the aircraft. Our latest analysis shoes that Boeing 717 air capacity fell 3.2 per cent in November 2013 versus October 2013.



AirTran Airways (FL)
Akron/Canton (CAK) – Boston (BOS)
Akron/Canton (CAK) – New York (LGA)
Atlanta (ATL) – Akron/Canton (CAK)
Atlanta (ATL) – Austin (AUS)
Atlanta (ATL) – Baltimore (BWI)
Atlanta (ATL) – Boston (BOS)
Atlanta (ATL) – Buffalo (BUF)
Atlanta (ATL) – Chicago (MDW)
Atlanta (ATL) – Columbus (CMH)
Atlanta (ATL) – Dayton (DAY)
Atlanta (ATL) – Detroit (DTW)
Atlanta (ATL) – Fort Lauderdale (FLL)
Atlanta (ATL) – Fort Myers (RSW)
Atlanta (ATL) – Hartford (BDL)
Atlanta (ATL) – Houston (HOU)
Atlanta (ATL) – Indianapolis (IND)
Atlanta (ATL) – Jacksonville (JAX)
Atlanta (ATL) – Kansas City (MCI)
Atlanta (ATL) – Louisville (SDF)
Atlanta (ATL) – Memphis (MEM)
Atlanta (ATL) – Milwaukee (MKE)
Atlanta (ATL) – Minneapolis (MSP)
Atlanta (ATL) – New Orleans (MSY)
Atlanta (ATL) – New York (LGA)
Atlanta (ATL) – Norfolk (ORF)
Atlanta (ATL) – Oklahoma City (OKC)
Atlanta (ATL) – Orlando (MCO)
Atlanta (ATL) – Palm Beach (PBI)
Atlanta (ATL) – Pensacola (PNS)
Atlanta (ATL) – Philadelphia (PHL)
Atlanta (ATL) – Pittsburgh (PIT)
Atlanta (ATL) – Raleigh/Durham (RDU)
Atlanta (ATL) – Richmond (RIC)
Atlanta (ATL) – San Antonio (SAT)
Atlanta (ATL) – St Louis (STL)
Atlanta (ATL) – Tampa (TPA)
Atlanta (ATL) – Washington (DCA)
Baltimore (BWI) – Boston (BOS)
Baltimore (BWI) – Dayton (DAY)
Baltimore (BWI) – Fort Lauderdale (FLL)
Baltimore (BWI) – Kansas City (MCI)
Baltimore (BWI) – Fort Myers (RSW)
Baltimore (BWI) – Memphis (MEM)
Baltimore (BWI) – Tampa (TPA)
Chicago (MDW) – Memphis (MEM)
Chicago (MDW) – Oklahoma City (OKC)
Fort Lauderdale (FLL) – Chicago (MDW)
Fort Lauderdale (FLL) – Columbus (CMH)
Fort Lauderdale (FLL) – Indianapolis (IND)
Fort Lauderdale (FLL) – Jacksonville (JAX)
Fort Lauderdale (FLL) – Philadelphia (PHL)
Fort Lauderdale (FLL) – Pittsburgh (PIT)
Fort Myers (RSW) – Akron/Canton (CAK)
Fort Myers (RSW) – Boston (BOS)
Fort Myers (RSW) – Chicago (MDW)
Fort Myers (RSW) – Columbus (CMH)
Fort Myers (RSW) – Flint (FNT)
Fort Myers (RSW) – Grand Rapids (GRR)
Fort Myers (RSW) – Indianapolis (IND)
Fort Myers (RSW) – Milwaukee (MKE)
Fort Myers (RSW) – Pittsburgh (PIT)
Fort Myers (RSW) – Washington (DCA)
Houston (HOU) - Indianapolis (IND)
Houston (HOU) - Kansas City (MCI)
Jacksonville (JAX) – Norfolk (ORF)
Kansas City (MCI) – Milwuakee (MKE)
Kansas City (MCI) – New Orleans (MSY)
Orlando (MCO) – Akron/Canton (CAK)
Orlando (MCO) – Baltimore (BWI)
Orlando (MCO) – Buffalo (BUF)
Orlando (MCO) – Chicago (MDW)
Orlando (MCO) – Columbus (CMH)
Orlando (MCO) – Dayton (DAY)
Orlando (MCO) – Detroit (DTW)
Orlando (MCO) – Houston (HOU)
Orlando (MCO) – Indianapolis (IND)
Orlando (MCO) – Memphis (MEM)
Orlando (MCO) – Milwaukee (MKE)
Orlando (MCO) – New Orleans (MSY)
Orlando (MCO) – Philadelphia (PHL)
Orlando (MCO) – Pittsburgh (PIT)
Orlando (MCO) – Raleigh/Durham (RDU)
Orlando (MCO) – Richmond (RIC)
Orlando (MCO) – St Louis (STL)
Tampa (TPA) – Akron/Canton (CAK)
Tampa (TPA) – Columbus (CMH)
Tampa (TPA) – Grand Rapids (GRR)
Tampa (TPA) – Indianapolis (IND)
Tampa (TPA) – Pittsburgh (PIT)
Tampa (TPA) – Raleigh/Durham (RDU)
Washington (DCA) – Milwaukee (MKE).

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Delta Air Lines (DL)
Atlanta (ATL) – Cleveland (CLE)
Atlanta (ATL) – Detroit (DTW)
Atlanta (ATL) – Little Rock (LIT)
Atlanta (ATL) – Newark (EWR)
Atlanta (ATL) – Panama City (ECP)





Delta Air Lines

 Hawaiian Airlines (HA)
Honolulu (HNL) – Hilo (ITO)
Honolulu (HNL) – Kona (KOA)
Honolulu (HNL) – Kauai Island Lihue (LIH)
Honolulu (HNL) – Kuhului (OGG)
Kuhului (OGG) – Hilo (ITO)
Kuhului (OGG) – Kona (KOA)
Kuhului (OGG) – Kauai Island Lihue (LIH)





Hawaiian Airlines

 QantasLink (QF); operated by Cobham Aviation Services
Adelaide (ADL) - Kalgoorlie-Boulder (KGI)
Alice Springs (ASP) – Ayers Rock (AYQ)
Alice Springs (ASP) – Darwin (DRW)
Brisbane (BNE) – Alice Springs (ASP)
Brisbane (BNE) – Cairns (CNS)
Brisbane (BNE) – Gladstone (GLT)
Brisbane (BNE) – Mackay (MKY)
Brisbane (BNE) – Rockhampton (ROK)
Cairns (CNS) – Alice Springs (ASP)
Cairns (CNS) – Ayers Rock (AYQ)
Cairns (CNS) – Darwin (DRW)
Cairns (CNS) – Nhulunbuy (GOV)
Canberra (CBR) – Brisbane (BNE)
Canberra (CBR) – Melbourne (MEL)
Canberra (CBR) – Sydney (SYD)
Darwin (DRW) – Nhulunbuy (GOV)
Perth (PER) – Alice Springs (ASP)
Perth (PER) – Broome (BME)
Perth (PER) – Kalgoorlie-Boulder (KGI)
Perth (PER) – Karratha (KTA)
Perth (PER) – Learmonth (LEA)
Perth (PER) – Newman (ZNE)
Perth (PER) – Paraburdoo (PBO)
Perth (PER) – Port Hedland (PHE)





QantasLink


SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK); operated by Blue 1 (KF)
Copenhagen (CPH) – Amsterdam (AMS)
Copenhagen (CPH) – Bergen (BGO)
Copenhagen (CPH) – Dublin (DUB)
Copenhagen (CPH) – Frankfurt (FRA)
Copenhagen (CPH) – Gothenburg (GOT)
Copenhagen (CPH) – Helsinki (HEL)
Copenhagen (CPH) – Munich (MUC)
Copenhagen (CPH) – Turku (TKU)
Helsinki (HEL) – Kittila (KTT)
Helsinki (HEL) – Nice (NCE)
Helsinki (HEL) – Oslo (OSL)
Stockholm (ARN) – Amsterdam (AMS)
Stockholm (ARN) – Berlin (TXL)
Stockholm (ARN) – Birmingham (BHX)
Stockholm (ARN) – Brussels (BRU)
Stockholm (ARN) – Dusseldorf (DUS)
Stockholm (ARN) – Frankfurt (FRA)
Stockholm (ARN) – Geneva (GVA)
Stockholm (ARN) – Helsinki (HEL)
Stockholm (ARN) – Manchester (MAN)
Stockholm (ARN) – Oslo (OSL)
Stockholm (ARN) – Prague (PRG)
Stockholm (ARN) – Trondheim (TRD)
Stockholm (ARN) – Zurich (ZRH)

Volotea Airlines (V7)
Ajaccio (AJA) – Brest (BES)
Ajaccio (AJA) – Toulouse (TLS)
Biarritz (BIQ) – Lille (LIL)
Biarritz (BIQ) – Strasbourg (SXB)
Bari (BRI) – Verona (VRN)
Genoa (GOA) – Reggio Di Calabria (REG)
Montpellier (MPL) – Strasbourg (SXB)
Naples (NAP) – Turin (TRN)
Bordeaux (BOD) – Ajaccio (AJA)
Bordeaux (BOD) – Bastia (BIA)
Bordeaux (BOD) – Lille (LIL)
Bordeaux (BOD) – Malaga (AGP)
Bordeaux (BOD) – Munich (MUC)
Bordeaux (BOD) – Palermo (PMO)
Bordeaux (BOD) – Strasbourg (SXB)
Bordeaux (BOD) – Venice (VCE)
Catania (CTA) – Ancona (AOI)
Catania (CTA) – Florence (FLR)
Catania (CTA) – Genoa (GOA)
Nantes (NTE) – Ajaccio (AJA)
Nantes (NTE) – Bastia (BIA)
Nantes (NTE) – Montpellier (MPL)
Nantes (NTE) – Munich (MUC)
Nantes (NTE) – Palma de Mallorca (PMI)
Nantes (NTE) – Palermo (PMO)
Nantes (NTE) – Perpignan (PGF)
Nantes (NTE) – Prague (PRG)
Nantes (NTE) – Strasbourg (SXB)
Nantes (NTE) – Tenerife (TFS)
Nantes (NTE) – Valencia (VLC)
Nantes (NTE) – Venice (VCE)
Palermo (PMO) – Florence (FLR)
Palermo (PMO) – Genoa (GOA)
Palermo (PMO) – Naples (NAP)
Palermo (PMO) – Turin (TRN)
Palermo (PMO) – Verona (VRN)
Venice (VCE) – Bari (BRI)
Venice (VCE) – Bilbao (BIO)
Venice (VCE) – Catania (CTA)
Venice (VCE) – Crotone (CRV)
Venice (VCE) – Olbia (OLB)
Venice (VCE) – Palermo (PMO)
Venice (VCE) – Reggio Di Calabria (REG)

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Boeing deploys additional 717s to Qantas, Volotea

Australia's QantasLink to receive five aircraft on multi-year lease; Volotea to add five in 2013

Press Release: Boeing Capital Corporation

SEATTLE, June 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing's (BA) workhorse 717 continues to figure prominently in the success of established and new operators as the manufacturer's leasing unit, Boeing Capital Corp., announced additional deployments of the modern and fuel-efficient twinjets.

Australia's largest regional airline, QantasLink, will receive an additional five leased 717s to add to its existing fleet of 13 of the twinjets that operate across Australia. Those deliveries will begin in late 2013 after the aircraft are refitted with upgraded interiors to include a full business class experience and new in-flight entertainment systems. The Qantas Group has operated the 717s since 2002.

QantasLink Executive Manager John Gissing said the refurbished aircraft will improve its customer offering and increase the overall level of customer comfort and satisfaction.

"The new 717s, with the reconfigured cabin including business class and in-flight entertainment, are perfectly suited to our Sydney-Canberra, Brisbane-Canberra and Melbourne-Canberra routes," said Gissing. "We're delighted that we can offer this premium product to our customers and we're looking forward to introducing them into the market later this year."

In Europe, startup carrier, Volotea, will increase its 717 fleet in 2013 to a total 15 as it continues to develop its business model of offering point-to-point service to passengers between medium and small-sized European cities. Volotea began operation in spring 2012 with a network built around the 717 that is supported by a comprehensive Boeing solution for operations and training.

Volotea recently surpassed the million passenger mark enabled by its operation from 52 European airports, currently serving 97 city pairs.

"The Boeing 717 is an important element to Volotea strategy," said Carlos Munoz, Volotea's founder and CEO. "In terms of size, it is the right aircraft for the medium- and small-sized cities we serve; operationally, it offers top reliability for our frequent, quick turnaround operations. Most importantly, our customers have grown to value the levels of comfort the 717 provides."

According to Boeing Capital's managing director for asset management, Thomas Hansen, 2013 will be a landmark year for the 717, the single-largest model holding in its fleet.

"Our deployments scheduled for this year will result in all of our 717s doing what they do best, and that is helping customers to make money thanks to the airplane's great operating reliability and their 'big-airplane' style passenger experience," said Hansen.

Hansen added that 2013 will also mark the beginning of a major redeployment of its 717 currently operated by the former AirTran Airways, now part of Southwest Airlines, to Delta Airlines under a sub-lease agreement announced in 2012.



There are more than 150 Boeing 717s in service today since the first airplane was delivered in 1999. The twinjet's technology and fleet performance have earned it the distinction of being the world's best jetliner serving the 100-passenger airline market.

Photo: Ton Jochemes - PMI

BLUE1 - B717 - OH-BLI

Ton Jochems - AMS