It’s 2025, But Why Do Some Airlines Still Love The Boeing 717?

The Boeing 717 was once a popular five-abreast narrow-body aircraft that was initially marketed by McDonnell Douglas. In the early 1990s, the McDonnell Douglas MD-95 was the aircraft’s initial name, before the company’s merger with Boeing in 1997. The aircraft was a derivative of the successful MD-80, and more broadly the DC-9 family.