SWA and the B717

[atldc9]

8 717's are "owned", all 8 have been encumbered under a debt facility. None of the 717's are owned outright.

78 717''s are leased. 41 of the 78 were sale/lease back transactions, the other 37 were purchased by a third party and leased to airtran. The leases expire through 2022.

Boeing could care less what happens to the 86 717's, there have been sold and the lease payments are going to someone else.

The Boeing Capital Co is the lessor.

 

[scoreboardII]

you actually think it makes business sense to reopen a production line closed 5 years ago?

 

[Saluki Dawg]

Sure it does if Boeing gets enough orders for it. They don't currently make anything in that size range and the only other choices are to order bigger less durable RJs from Bombardier or Embraer. I think if Boeing relaunched this plane again that it would have a lot more interest from a lot more Airlines than last time around. Look at Delta, they want to buy the entire fleet of AAI's just to replace the -30's they just retired.

 

[GuppyWN]

Uh..... didn't Mother have the chance to buy the 717 once already?

Gup

 

[Citrus531]

The 737-600's been such a waste...sucks the 717 was only in production 7 years...shoulda just kept it around a few more yrs...156 frames...only slightly more "successful" than the MD-90.

 

[Ty Webb]

The Boeing Capital Co is the lessor.

Not all. Look at the placard by the flight deck door. Some are owned by Wells Fargo, others by the PRC (People's Republic of China) . .. . OK, just kidding about the PRC, but some are owned by a foreign bank, Scotland, maybe? Been a while since I've flown a 717.

 

[atldc9]

Details, details. 22 of the 717's are leased from BCC. The 2 2011 deliveries are from BCC.

 

[Ty Webb]

Copy Dat, Copy Dat . . . . . .

 

[j41driver]

...unless they have the higher-rated engines

I haven't seen an A1 airplane in a loooong time. Think they're all C1's now.

 

[atldc9]

All the 717's are C1's.