Alaska Closes Virgin America Buy
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Credit: Alaska Airlines
WASHINGTON—Seattle-based Alaska Air Group has closed its $4 billion acquisition of San Francisco-based Virgin America, creating the fifth largest airline in the U.S. Alaska Air Group subsidiary Alaska Airlines and Virgin America will seek to secure a single operating certificate from the FAA by...
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