This combination of photos shows a Hawaiian Airlines plane at Kahalui, Hawaii, March 24, 2005, left, and Alaska Airlines planes March 1, 2021, in Seattle. Alaska Airlines announced Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023, that it will buy Hawaiian Airlines for $1.9 billion. That's raising questions about how antitrust regulators will view the deal, and whether past airline mergers have hurt consumers. (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni, Ted S. Warren)/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Alaska Airlines is buying Hawaiian Airlines. Will the Biden administration let the merger fly?

by · National Post

Another proposed airline buyout is renewing debate over whether there has been too much consolidation in the industry — and whether consumers are paying the price.

The Biden administration has taken a tough stance against mergers, and it is certain to take a close look at Alaska Air Group’s proposed acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines for $1 billion in cash.