{"id":168197,"date":"2024-09-17T12:30:53","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T12:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=168197"},"modified":"2024-09-17T21:34:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T21:34:09","slug":"transportation-department-blesses-alaska-airlines-hawaiian-merger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2024\/09\/transportation-department-blesses-alaska-airlines-hawaiian-merger.html","title":{"rendered":"Transportation Department Blesses Alaska Airlines-Hawaiian Merger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The U.S. Transportation Department said on Tuesday it had agreed to allow <strong>Alaska Airlines <\/strong>to close on its $1.9 billion acquisition of <strong>Hawaiian Airlines<\/strong>, after the carriers agreed to maintain key Hawaiian routes and adopt consumer protections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Justice Department in August opted not to block the deal that was announced in December by Alaska, the fifth-largest domestic U.S. airline, to Hawaiian, the 10th-largest carrier. The carriers said on Tuesday that they expect to close the deal in the coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2024\/07\/alaska-airlines-announces-major-expansion-of-first-class-and-premium-seating.html\">Alaska Airlines announces major expansion of First Class and Premium seating<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DOT said Alaska and Hawaiian agreed to protect the value of frequent flyer rewards, maintain existing service on key Hawaiian routes to the continental United States and inter-island regions, ensure competitive access at the Honolulu airport and provide travel credits or frequent flyer miles for disruptions that are the fault of the airline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agreement came after weeks of discussions between Alaska and DOT, which had sought wide-ranging concessions that went beyond what is in the agreement announced on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alaska said on Tuesday that the commitments align with plans it announced at the time it signed the transaction and &#8220;do not impact the synergies of the deal, which will enhance competition and expand choice for consumers.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The carriers must ensure customers can transfer miles without penalty and the combined carrier cannot devalue HawaiianMiles miles and must maintain, or increase status for HawaiianMiles members in Alaska\u2019s Mileage Plan program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With information from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/alaska-airlines-hawaiian-can-close-merger-deal-dot-says-2024-09-17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-815d8787     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" 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