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Alaska Airlines Completed US$1.9 billion acquisition Hawaiian AirlinesThe companies said on Wednesday, a day after the U.S. Department of Transportation approved the deal that it would be conditional on the airline maintaining the value of its frequent flyer programs and retaining several key routes.The merger agreement between the two companies passed review by the U.S. Department of Justice last month. That leaves it to the Department of Transportation, which must also review airline mergers.The U.S. Department of Transportation said airlines must ensure miles earned through HawaiianMiles and the Alaska Miles program do not expire and are transferable at a 1:1…

Workers hold picket signs outside a Boeing Co. manufacturing plant during a strike on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in Everett, Washington, U.S. M. Scott Brower | Bloomberg | Getty Imagesboeing company The company will furlough thousands of top U.S. executives, managers and other workers, Chief Executive Kelly Ortberg told employees on Wednesday, citing an ongoing machinist strike as the company seeks to conserve cash. .A company spokesman said the furloughs will affect tens of thousands of Boeing employees.The plan comes less than a week after Boeing’s more than 30,000 machinists in the Seattle area and Oregon voted overwhelmingly to reject…