Hawaiian Airlines Takeover: Acquisition By Alaska Will Mean Loss Of Some Non-Union Jobs

Some of Hawaiian Airlines’ 1,400 non-union employees will lose their jobs and other positions may be relocated to Seattle as part of the carrier’s merger with Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian’s new chief executive said. The vast majority of non-union jobs – plus all of Hawaiian’s 6,000 union workers — will remain untouched by Alaska’s acquisition of Hawaiian, said Joe Sprague, a former longtime Alaska executive who succeeds Peter Ingram as Hawaiian’s interim chief executive. The combined companies will maintain a substantial headquarters in Honolulu, Sprague said. Most current non-union employees will...