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In the wake of Hawaiian Airlines’ recent merger with Alaska Airlines, the Honolulu-based carrier is planning a wave of layoffs

Hawaiian Airlines plans to eliminate 73 people from its 1,400 noncontract workforce in Hawaii and on the mainland in the wake of its recent merger with Alaska Air Group Inc.

A total of 73 employees—57 in Honolulu and 16 in the continental U.S.—did not receive or declined an offer," said Hawaiian Airlines.

Hawaiian Airlines plans to eliminate 73 people from its 1,400 noncontract workforce in Hawaii and on the mainland in the wake of its recent merger with Alaska Air Group Inc. The job reductions come more than a month after Alaska Air Group,