{"id":137148,"date":"2024-10-06T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T00:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/alaska-hawaiian-airlines-merger-passenger-tips\/"},"modified":"2024-10-06T10:00:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T00:00:12","slug":"the-alaska-hawaiian-merger-5-things-passengers-should-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=137148","title":{"rendered":"The Alaska-Hawaiian Merger: 5 Things Passengers Should Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In early December 2023,             <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"254956\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/alaska-airlines\/\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.simpleflyingimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/alaska_airlines_icon.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>Alaska Airlines<\/a><\/span>announced it would acquire             <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"255342\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/hawaiian-airlines\/\"  >Hawaiian Airlines<\/a><\/span>. The two airlines, frequently mistaken for being owned by the same company by those outside the aviation industry, had never combined forces before. 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