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Mexicana to Get Midwest's Boeing 717 Hand-Me-Downs
If you're planning to head south of the border on Mexicana later this year, don't be surprised if you find Best Buy receipts and Sbarro packaging stuck down in your seat cushion, as you might be hitching a ride on one of Midwest Airlines' former fleet. According to the Chicago Tribune, Boeing has just agreed to lease 25 fuel-efficient, twin-engine 717 aircraft to Mexicana and their LCC, ClickAir. Of these, 16 will be coming straight from flying the Midwest skies and therefore begin something like a prolonged vacation in Mexico.
The 104-passenger planes are no longer made by Boeing, although popular with travelers, and will thus be passed around probably a few more times before heading to the great scrap pile in the sky. Sadly, there's no word on whether or not the planes will be haunted by the ghost of defunct carriers past.
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