Biden administration allows WA's Alaska Airlines merger with Hawaiian Air

The Biden administration is letting Alaska Airlines complete its $1 billion purchase of Hawaiian Airlines after the carriers agreed to certain conditions, including maintaining maintain current service on routes between Hawaii and the mainland U.S. where they don’t have much competition.Transportation Department officials said Tuesday that no obstacles remain to the airlines closing their $1 billion deal and beginning to merge, although some final approvals are still pending.

The Transportation Department could drop the latter requirement if the flying becomes unprofitable.Alaska and Hawaiian also agreed to some consumer protections including maintaining the value of frequent-flyer rewards as they combine their loyalty programs, guaranteeing families can sit together without paying extra fees, and offering lower costs to military families.The Transportation Department said it gave Alaska and Hawaiian an exemption to combine ownership — to merge.

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