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Many 717 operators, such as Qantas, became converts to the plane; Qantas bought more 717s to replace its BAe 146 fleet, [28] and other orders came from Hawaiian Airlines and Midwest Airlines. [ 29 ] Boeing actively marketed the 717 to a number of large airlines, including Northwest Airlines , who already operated a large fleet of DC-9 aircraft ...
Since this incident, all Boeing 717 aircraft operated by Qantas (Qantaslink) have been fitted with cameras and the flight deck door is bullet proof. [citation needed] Upon further investigations by the airline, it was found one of the cabin crew used the international code for hijacking over the interphone to the flight deck.
As of January 2025, there are 99 Boeing 717-200 aircraft in service with two airlines. Airline Country Photo Status Notes ... Later acquired by Qantas: Jetstar
After QantasLink had acquired the 717 fleet in 2001 it was planned that Qantas would use it as a base for a budget airline to be launched in 2003. Impulse Airline's former 717s were used for Jetstar's initial fleet when the airline officially launched domestic passenger service between Newcastle and Melbourne on 24 May 2004, one day before ...
A Boeing 707-100 ordered by Qantas with customer code 38 would be designated as 707-138. A Boeing 717-200 ordered by Hawaiian Airlines with customer code 2A would be designated as 717-22A. A Boeing 727-100 and 727-200 ordered by American Airlines with customer code 23 are designated as 727-23 or 727-123 [note 2] and 727-223, respectively. [1]
In March 2007, the Boeing 717 operations agreement was renewed, and included an expansion of the fleet from eight to eleven aircraft. National Jet also commenced a program with Qantas and Rolls-Royce to upgrade the aircraft to the 'High Gross Weight' specification, which increased their thrust from 18,500lbs to 21,000lbs per engine, and was ...
All transferred to Qantas. Boeing 717-200: 14 2004 2007 Inherited from Impulse Airlines. All transferred to QantasLink. De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300: 5 2015 2019 Operated by Eastern Australia Airlines. Returned to QantasLink operation.
In December 2021, Qantas announced an initial order for 20 Airbus A220-300 with additional purchase options to replace its Boeing 717. [34] On the 29th of June, Qantas announced it was exercising 9 purchase right options for the A220-300 aircraft, taking the total number of A220-300s on firm order to 29, which will begin arriving from late 2023 ...