Alaska Airlines closed its acquisition of Hawaiian, subject to conditions imposed by the DOT, and shared the immediate and longer-term impacts on travelers.

Operations will continue as the two separate airlines will be under one organization until Alaska Airlines closes the transaction and obtains a single operating certificate from the FAA.

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Alaska Airlines closed its acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines. Even so, the two carriers will maintain separate branding and fly on distinct operating certificates (for now). While Alaska Airlines joined the oneworld Alliance in 2021 — a collaborative group of 13 carriers — Hawaiian Airlines has yet to do so.

Jamm Aquino / Joe Sprague, regional president of Hawai‘i/Pacific for Alaska Airlines, as seen at Hawaiian Airlines’ corporate headquarters at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu on Tuesday,