Alaska Air Group intends to buy Hawaiian Airlines for $1.9 billion in cash. Alaska announced the deal on Sunday and said the two airlines are complementary in terms of route structure and culture. Hawaiian has the most flights to the Lower 48, but most are limited to airports along the West Coast. Its only flight to the east is to JFK. Alaska, on the other hand, links West Coast and Alaska cities to most major airports in the contiguous U.S. Where the two carriers diverge is in equipment. Alaska operates Boeing 737 family members only and uses Embraer E175s on its regional subsidiary Horizon. Hawaiian uses all Airbus A321neo and A330s on its long flights and Boeing 717s on inter-island flights. It has 12 Boeing 787-9s on order.
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