Alaska Airlines Stole Hawaiian's Boeing 787s – Which Plane Can Now Replace Its Airbus A330s?

The massive merger between Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines has intertwined the two carriers and their fleets but left the smaller of the two with a major gap in the flightline. The merger marked a historic debut of twin-aisle aircraft under the Alaska banner after Hawaiian's widebodies were repurposed. As Alaska-branded Boeing 787 Dreamliners take over transpacific trunk routes out of Seattle, the long-term replacement for Hawaiian’s workhorse Airbus A330-200 fleet narrows down to two primary candidates for the 2030s.