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Alaska Air Group completes acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines
Alaska Air Group has acquired Hawaiian Airlines, completing a transaction that expands its operation to include transpacific flights and that bolsters Alaska Air’s fleet with its first widebody jets.The Seattle-based company, parent to Alaska Airlines, said on 18 September it had closed the deal, paying $1.9bn in all-stock acquisition to ...
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Alaska promises Hawaiian a warm welcome as merger clears hurdle
Alaska Airlines’ acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines has cleared a major hurdle after the Seattle-based carrier said on August 20 that the time period for the US Department of Justice to review the $1.9bn deal had expired, and no objections appeared to have been made.A US judge had earlier this month ...
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Hawaiian Airlines takes second A330-300P2F for Amazon
Hawaiian Airlines has taken delivery of the second of 10 Airbus A330-300 passenger to freighter conversion (P2F) aircraft it plans to operate on behalf of Amazon.Chief executive Peter Ingram told FlightGlobal on March 20 that the second A330P2F is in Honolulu for “final procedures with our maintenance team” before it ...
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NewsAlaska Air Group acquisition of Hawaiian gets go ahead
Photo: Hawaiian AirlinesAlaska Airlines has been given the green light to acquire Hawaiian Airlines after the latter's stockholders approved the deal that is set to boost cargo within the combined business.Seattle-based Alaska Air Group and Honolulu-headquartered Hawaiian Holdings entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition in December last year. ...
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NewsAlaska buys Hawaiian to boost air cargo
Photo: Hawaiian AirlinesAlaska Airlines will acquire Honolulu-headquartered Hawaiian Airlines in a deal that in part aims to boost the cargo businesses of both airlines.Alaska Air Group and Hawaiian Holdings have entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition. Both brands will remain separate.The deal is for $18.00 per share in ...
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NewsHawaiian Airlines begins A330-300P2F service for Amazon Air
Hawaiian Airlines has commenced service of its A330-300P2F (passenger to freighter) contract business.The Honolulu-headquartered airline confirmed the service for e-commerce giant Amazon started on October 2 in its third quarter results.In July, Hawaiian Airlines received the first of 10 converted freighters that it will operate for Amazon Air.The airline plans ...
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NewsAmazon's first A330F takes flight
Amazon Prime Air A330 for Hawaiian Airlines Photo: AmazonAmazon Air has undertaken the "first in-service flight" with the first of 10 A330-300P2F (passenger to freighter) aircraft that it has leased for operation by Hawaiian Airlines."The Amazon Air Hub teams have been training on the new aircraft, and October 2 marked ...
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NewsHawaiian Airlines Cargo joins Maui wildfires relief efforts
1,600 amenity kits being loaded onto aircraft to be distributed to those displaced by the Maui fires. Photo: Hawaian AirlinesHawaiian Airlines has been transporting vital cargo as part of humanitarian aid efforts following the start of devastating wildfires on Maui.The airline said its cargo business has transported medical and other ...
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Hawaiian Airlines receives first of 10 freighters for Amazon operations
Hawaiian Airlines has received the first of 10 freighters that it will operate for e-commerce giant Amazon.In a second quarter earnings conference call, the airline's president and chief executive Peter Ingram said the A330-300 converted aircraft is situated at its headquarters in Honolulu and is due to start operating in ...
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NewsAmazon Air partners with Hawaiian and Altavair to add A330 freighters
Source: AirbusAmazon Air will expand its fleet with the addition of 10 A330-300 converted freighters from lessor Altavair.The aircraft will be operated for Amazon by Hawaiian Airlines and will be converted by Germany-headquartered Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), a joint venture between Singapore-based ST Engineering and France-headquartered Airbus.The first of the A330-300P2F ...
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Hawaiian Airlines ends 'Ohana ATR freighter operation
Hawaiian Airlines will not restart its ‘Ohana by Hawaiian ATR freighter service that covered various islands in the state.The freighter service was suspended in November 2020 as state and county quarantine measures triggered a labor provision that led to the temporary suspension of passenger and cargo flights.Passenger operations were also ...