Alaska Air to Buy Virgin America for $2.6 BN

Alaska Air Group is set to buy Virgin America for more than $2 BN
cash, the company announced on Monday.

It's the latest in a series of US airline mergers in the past decade,
that saw JetBlue Airways ultimately outbid by the Alaska Air.

Mimi Chiahemen reports from New York

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