Hawaiian Airlines maintains aging Boeing 717 amid Alaska merger

The aircraft first entered service with Hawaiian Airlines in March 2001 as part of their interisland network expansion following Aloha Airlines' shutdown and ATA Airlines' cessation. With only two major airlines—Hawaiian and Delta Air Lines—continuing to operate these jets commercially today, questions about replacement options have arisen.

Potential replacements include models like the Boeing 737 MAX or Airbus A220; however, decisions will likely align with Alaska's preference given their merger with Hawaiian. Other alternatives considered are used Airbus models or new Embraer E195-E2 jets.

Delta Air Lines also operates an aging fleet of approximately eighty Boeing 717s under long-term lease arrangements originally from AirTran Airways (now a Southwest subsidiary). According to Courtney Miller from Visual Approach Analytics: “Delta removed 2.2 fifty-seat regional jets per every single acquired B-17,” which allowed them cost reductions while increasing premium services through this unique fleet approach.

Meanwhile QantasLink recently retired their last operational batch consisting solely thereof following acquisition by Impulse Airways years prior—a move reflecting industry-wide shifts away from older models such as these towards newer-generation airliners like those being procured currently under orders made out toward manufacturers including but certainly not limited just strictly limited unto themselves alone purely exclusively either way hereabouts concerning said topic matter at hand duly noted therein overall accordingly so far thus mentioned altogether now hereby stated hereinabove thereto forthwith regarding same hereinbefore aforementioned itemized specifically further elaborated upon hitherto discussed already elsewhere beforehand likewise similarly akin likewise similar fashion much akin thereto correspondingly relatedly alike too parallel likewise closely resembling almost identically nearly matching perfectly symmetrically exactly equating equivalently proportionally 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