Alaska Airlines (AS, Seattle Tacoma International) and Hawaiian Airlines (HA, Honolulu) have asked the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to approve the de facto transfer of Hawaiian’s international route authorities to Alaska Air Group as part of their merger process.

In a joint application, the companies also requested the reissuance of Hawaiian and Alaska’s international route authorities in the name of Alaska and/or Hawaiian. The DOT’s orders state that when two carriers that hold international route authority merge under…

Source: ch aviation
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