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Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines merger cleared

Alaska and Hawaiian aircraft at gates

After the Department of Transportation cleared the final hurdle to the Alaska Airlines- Hawaiian Airlines merger, the deal is expected to close as quickly as possible.  Under the merger, Alaska and Hawaiian will retain their separate brands but gain administrative…

JetBlue – Spirit Airlines Merger Blocked

JetBlue Spirit

A federal judge in Boston ruled in favor of the US Justice Department, which sued to block the proposed merger of Spirit Airlines into JetBlue on anti-competitive grounds. US District Judge William Young said that the proposed merger "does violence to the core principle of antitrust law: to protect the United States' markets--and its market participants-- from anticompetitive harm."