Alaska Air Group, the parent company of Alaska Airlines and newly acquired Hawaiian Airlines, is focused on improving its Airbus A321neo utilization this year. As the two brands steadily inch toward obtaining a single operating certificate,

Despite a rough start to 2024 and the cost of buying Hawaiian Air, Alaska Air made a net profit of $395 million last year. Employees earn a bonus of six weeks pay.

Airlines have taken full advantage of the relaxed policies regarding the deployment of narrowbody aircraft on flights to Hawaii. Alaska Airlines and Southwest Airlines heavily utilize the Boeing 737 on various Hawaiian routes, while carriers like American Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines deploy the Airbus A321neo.

Alaska Airlines already offers more flights at PDX than any other airline. Now it's adding a new flight to Houston, among others.

A nascent recovery from Boeing’s troubles stalled in the fall when a 52-day Machinists union strike stopped almost all Boeing jet production in its Puget Sound assembly plants.

Alaska Air Group has released details of its combined schedule for Alaska and Hawaiian airlines, with adjustments beginning to take effect in March. In an email to Pacific Business News, Alex Da Silva, Hawaiian director of external communications, listed the current Hawaiian routes that will be replaced with Alaska services later this year.