ʻO Alaska Airlines, kahi lālā o Alaska Air Group, ua hoʻolaha i ka Pōʻalima ua hoʻololi hou i kāna noi no ka US Department of Transportation (DOT) e wehe i ka lehulehu i kāna loiloi mau ʻana i ke kūlana kamaʻāina ʻo Virgin America i kēia manawa.
Ma hope o kēia hoʻopiʻi ʻana i ʻelua mau palapala noi mai ka mokulele ma mua o kēia makahiki, e noi ana i kahi nīnau lehulehu inā e hoʻokō ʻo Virgin America i ka ʻāina ʻē aʻe o ʻAmelika a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā mea paʻa i nā mokulele mokulele.
Wahi a Alaska Airlines, koi ke kānāwai federal i nā mokulele mokulele US he 'maka'āinana' US. No ke koho ʻia ʻana, pono ka liʻiliʻi loa o ka makemake koho balota o ka mokulele i ka liʻiliʻi loa o 75% nona nā kamaʻāina US a pono e hoʻokele maikaʻi ʻia ka mokulele e nā kamaʻāina US.
