Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines merger clears Justice Deparment hurdle, now faces DOT

Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines planes takeoff at the same time from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, United States on June 21, 2023.Alaska Airlines said that its plan to acquire Hawaiian Airlines has cleared the U.S. Justice Department after the period for antitrust regulators to finish an investigation of the deal ended without a lawsuit to block the deal, eight months after the two carriers announced a $1.9 billion agreement to combine.The two airlines now have to win ...