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Alaska Air Group Inc. this week announced a $1.9 billion acquisition of Hawaiian Holdings Inc., putting the company on a collision course with antitrust regulators who have made no secret of their skepticism toward further consolidation in the airline industry. But this tie-up didn’t happen in a vacuum: Up and down the aerospace supply chain, from engines and planes to lessors and airports, power is concentrated in the hands of just a few players. The only way for companies to hold their own is to get bigger themselves, and with long wait times for new jets, takeoff constraints at the most popular US airports and labor shortages, the only way for airlines to grow meaningfully is by buying someone else. Maybe the problem isn’t the airline deals themselves but the industry dynamics that are forcing them to keep happening.

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Airlines Have No Choice But to Look for Deals

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08.12.2023

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