( ) -q-30- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “previous airline deals.” The Biden administration is letting Alaska Airlines buy Hawaiian Airlines. [CutID: <Cuts> ALASKA-AIR-HAWAIIAN-AIR-house-q-WEDam.mp3 Time: 30s Title: ALASKA-AIR-HAWAIIAN-AIR-house-q-WEDam Out-cue: previous airline deals] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The Justice Department successfully sued to block JetBlue’s attempt to buy Spirit Airlines. Alaska Airlines said it expected to […]
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Regulators allow Alaska Airlines to buy Hawaiian Air with conditions
( ) -q-30- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “previous airline deals.”
The Biden administration is letting Alaska Airlines buy Hawaiian Airlines.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The Justice Department successfully sued to block JetBlue’s attempt to buy Spirit Airlines. Alaska Airlines said it expected to close the deal “in the coming days.”
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VERBATIM: The Transportation Department says as a condition, the airlines are promising to maintain some current services, including routes between Hawaii and the mainland U.S. where they don’t have much competition. Alaska and Hawaiian also agreed to some consumer protections, including maintaining the value of frequent-flyer rewards as they combine their loyalty programs. The decision to let the airlines close their merger stands in contrast to the Biden administration’s opposition to previous airline deals.