Alaska Air Group is weighing the fate of Hawaiian Airlines’ A321neos in the merged entity’s fleet, concluding the current number in the operation is too small.
Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines will now operate under a single operating certificate (SOC), clearing a major regulatory hurdle in their ongoing merger integration process.
Moving through the third quarter, Alaska Air Group is reporting strong revenue trends for the period, while operational challenges put pressure on earnings.
Alaska Air Group has appointed Alaska Airlines SVP-public affairs and sustainability Diana Birkett Rakow to CEO of Hawaiian Airlines, succeeding Joe Sprague.
Although Alaska Air Group has no immediate plans to simplify its fleet in the near term, company executives do foresee some streamlining five years from now.
A significant IT outage that grounded all Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air flights for several hours was not a cybersecurity event, the company confirms.
A transfer of Hawaiian Airlines’ international route authorities to new parent company Alaska Air Group has approval from the U.S. Transportation Department.
Alaska Airlines marked the first step toward utilizing its Seattle-Tacoma base as an international hub with the launch of daily flights to Tokyo Narita.