Alaska Air Group, the parent company of Alaska Airlines and newly acquired Hawaiian Airlines, is focused on improving its Airbus A321neo utilization this year. As the two brands steadily inch toward obtaining a single operating certificate,

In a year defined by a roughly month-long grounding of its Boeing 737 Max 9s and the costly acquisition of leisure carrier Hawaiian Airlines, Seattle-based Alaska Air Group posted a roughly $400 million profit.

Alaska Air (ALK) soars on strong Q4 earnings, exceeding revenue estimates and setting positive guidance for Q1 and full-year EPS.

Alaska Air Group has released details of its combined schedule for Alaska and Hawaiian airlines, with adjustments beginning to take effect in March. In an email to Pacific Business News, Alex Da Silva, Hawaiian director of external communications, listed the current Hawaiian routes that will be replaced with Alaska services later this year.

Alaska Air Group posted stronger-than-expected earnings Wednesday in its first full quarter report filed since its merger with Hawaiian Airlines, which it anticipates will help generate $1 billion in additional pretax profit over the next three years.