---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000766421-24-000057"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALK"
cik: "0000766421"
company_name: "ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2024-09-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T04:24:42.038455+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Alaska Air Group receives DOT interim exemption for Hawaiian merger; expects to close Sept 18

## Summary
- DOT granted interim exemption on Sept 17, 2024, for Alaska-Hawaiian merger.
- Merger expected to close on or about Sept 18, 2024, pending remaining conditions.
- Merger Agreement signed Dec 2, 2023; Hawaiian to become wholly owned subsidiary.
- DOT interim exemption was a key regulatory condition for the combination.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000766421-24-000057
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALK
- cik: 0000766421
- company_name: ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-09-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766421/000076642124000057/0000766421-24-000057-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766421/000076642124000057/alk-20240917.htm

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