However, production continued on the now-called 717, and its first flight occurred in 1998. The first aircraft was delivered to AirTran Airways, which Valujet was now called, in 1999. It was ...

Opportunistically acquired from Southwest following its acquisition of AirTran, the 717 was superfluous to Southwest's single fleet. They have 12 recliner-style first seats, 20 seats in Comfort+ ...

But until recently, I'd never set foot on a Boeing 717, a smaller aircraft that Boeing inherited when it bought McDonnell Douglas in 1995 for $13 billion. I tend to like really small jets ...

WASHINGTON (CNN)-- AirTran Airways apologized Friday to members of a Muslim family for kicking them off a plane and refusing to rebook them despite requests from FBI agents who had cleared them of ...

AirTran Airways, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) and a Fortune 1000 company, has been ranked the number one low cost carrier in the Airline Quality Rating study for the ...

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