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Boeing 717

Impulse Airlines was a regional operator with a fleet of Beech 1900s. When dumped as an Ansett partner in 1999, it decided to take on the major airlines with "no frills" services on the main trunk routes between Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Services commenced in June 2000. After several rounds of price wars, Impulse entered into a commercial arrangement with Qantas Airways from May 2001 to operate the 717s as part of the QantasLink fleet. Impulse Airlines ceased trading under its own name. The 717s were wet leased to Qantas, operated by the Impulse leasing company Airconnex. Impulse Airlines was bought outright by Qantas in 2001.

Model
S/n
Reg
Operator(s)
Delivered
(when new)
Where is it now? Current, last or last
known registration and operator.
Notes
Then
Now
717-23S 55062 VH-AFR Impulse Airlines 17Aug00 To VH-VQD, Nov01 1
717-2K9 55055 VH-IMD Impulse Airlines 29Dec99 VH-IMD QantasLink 1 1
717-2K9 55054 VH-IMP Impulse Airlines 29Dec99 VH-IMP QantasLink 1 1
717-2K9 55057 VH-LAX Impulse Airlines 28Apr00 VH-LAX QantasLink 1 1
717-23S 55063 VH-SMH Impulse Airlines 05Sep00 To VH-VQE, Nov01 1 1
717-2BD 55001 VH-VQA Impulse Airlines 07Feb01 VH-VQA QantasLink Impulse "cockatoo" livery.
Boeing second prototype N717XB		 1 1
717-2BD 55002 VH-VQB Impulse Airlines 29Dec00 VH-VQB QantasLink Impulse "cockatoo" livery.
Boeing third prototype N717XC		 1 1
717-2CM 55151 VH-VQC Impulse Airlines 29Dec00 VH-VQC QantasLink 1 1
717-23S 55062 VH-VQD Impulse Airlines 17Aug00 VH-VQD QantasLink From VH-AFR 1
717-23S 55063 VH-VQE Impulse Airlines 05Sep00 VH-VQE QantasLink From VH-SMH 1

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