Using data from Cirium, an aviation analytics company, we take a closer look at Delta Air Lines' Boeing 717 operation on the West Coast. The type remains widely used at the carrier today.

But until recently, I'd never set foot on a Boeing 717, a smaller aircraft ... around the US on domestic routes these days. The 717-200, in Delta livery, that I boarded last month for a flight ...

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines will once again operate the Boeing 757-200 between its West Coast hubs at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA ...