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Alaska Airlines to acquire Hawaiian
Earlier today, December 3rd, 2023, Seattle Washington based Alaska Airlines announced it has agreed to buy Hawaiian Airlines for $18s per stock share at an estimated value of approximately 1.9 billion Dollars. The 2 airlines coming together will better serve its western and pacific region destinations. In an earlier news release, Hawaiian airlines is quoted saying “The combined airline will maintain both industry-leading Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines brands while integrating into a… (www.youtube.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Did anyone else read/hear the comment that they are going to keep the operations separate??
I saw it. And I can believe it to a point, but only to a point. I could believe it will last for five years maybe, but I expect that if the merger goes through the pressure to combine operations will increase with time, as the fleets, training, and personnel gradually become more similar over time, thanks to the same parent company running both. I'm no airline insider, just a composer who takes pictures of planes sometimes, but I'd put down money that sooner or later they'll merge the operations to make booking more seamless and to make managing everything easier. I'd be completely shocked if they're still managing them separately twenty years from now. Mind you, all of this is predicated on the government signing off on the thing, which . . . probably? To my mind the most interesting question is what happens to Spirit and JetBlue if this goes through, but their marriage doesn't. (I really want to see the Spirit/JetBlue merger happen for entirely selfish reasons. We have service from Spirit locally, for which I have no use at all, but not JetBlue, which sounds . . . intriguing. Potentially useful to me.)
The Pan Am of the West Coast ð
They JUST got rid of the last of the Virgin America A320 family aircraft in favor of fleet simplicity...and now this. Am I missing something or does this seem insane?
They probably will sell off the Airbus planes that Hawaiian has and will equip with 737s so they can continue to be all Boeing. Hawaiian is replacing their A330s with 787-9s...but I bet that Alaska will have the A321s on the block sooner rather than later.
Buy American
That was the first thing i thought of.