{"id":106604,"date":"2024-08-12T17:00:11","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T07:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/when-will-delta-air-lines-retire-its-boeing-717s\/"},"modified":"2024-08-12T17:00:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T07:00:11","slug":"when-will-delta-air-lines-retire-its-boeing-717s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=106604","title":{"rendered":"When Will Delta Air Lines Retire Its Boeing 717s?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In summer 2023, Delta Air Lines hit the headlines when one of its Boeing 717s touched down in Charlotte without its nose landing gear deployed<\/a>. While there were no injuries, this was not the first incident involving a Delta 717 in 2023, with another example having diverted due to a fuel leak<\/a> in March. These occurrences have brought the 717 into the spotlight. What does Delta Air Lines’ 717 fleet look like, and what plans does the carrier have for the type’s retirement? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The rear-engined twinjets rank among Delta’s oldest narrowbody aircraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,397,603,565,240],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-106604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-analysis","category-boeing-717","category-delta-air-lines","category-north-america","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t