What is Boeing 717?
{|{{Infobox aircraft begin |name= Boeing 717 |image= File:Boeing 717-23S - EC-KNE.jpg |caption= A [[Spanair]] 717 }}{{Infobox aircraft type|type= Airliner |national origin= [[United States]] |manufacturer= [[Boeing Commercial Airplanes]] |designer= [[McDonnell Douglas]] |first flight= September 2, 1998<ref name=The_Boeing_717>{{Cite web |title=The Boeing 717 |publisher=Boeing Commercial Airplanes |url=http://www.boeing.com/commercial/717/index.html |access-date=January 4, 2011}}</ref> |introduction= October 12, 1999 with [[AirTran Airways]]<ref name=The_Boeing_717/> |status= Not being made anymore, but still being used by airlines |primary user= [[AirTran Airways]] <!--Limit one (1) primary user. Top 4 users listed in 'primary user' and 'more users' fields based on number of their fleets. --> |more users= [[Hawaiian Airlines]] <br/>Cobham <br/>Volotea <!--Limit is THREE (3) total in 'more users' field (4 total users). Listed in by number in use, i.e. top users listed. Please separate with <br/>.--> |produced= 1998–2006 |number built= 156 |unit cost= |developed from= [[McDonnell Douglas MD-90|McDonnell Douglas MD-80]] |variants with their own articles= }} |} The '''Boeing 717''' was designed and managed by John Wolf and Jim Phillips starting in 1996 as the MD-95 and became a new twinjet [[Jet aircraft|airliner]]. It has two engines, which means that it is a twinjet. It also only has two columns of seats, which makes it a narrow-body plane. The Boeing 717 was designed and sold by [[McDonnell Douglas]] when it was called the '''MD-95''' and was designed from the [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9|DC-9]]. The 717 can hold up to 117 passengers. It can fly for {{Convert|2060|nmi|km|abbr=off}}. The 717 has two [[Rolls-Royce Motor Cars|Rolls-Royce]] BR715 [[turbofan]] engines. The first MD-95 was ordered in October 1995. Boeing bought McDonnell Douglas in 1997,<ref name=merger>[http://www.boeing.com/history/chronology/chron16.html Boeing Chronology, 1997-2001], Boeing</ref> which was before the first MD-95 w