May 17 (Reuters) - Alaska Airlines on Friday asked a

U.S. judge to throw out a consumer lawsuit over the carrier's

plan to buy peer Hawaiian Airlines for $1.9 billion, arguing

that the transaction would not unlawfully consolidate its power

in the transportation industry.

Alaska Airlines said in the filing in Hawaii federal court

that the consumers' April lawsuit did not show how passengers

would face any "concrete, particularized and impending harm" if

the deal is allowed to move forward.

It called the plaintiffs "serial litigants" who have sued

over other airline mergers and said their allegations were

"boilerplate."

Alaska Airlines declined to comment on Friday. An attorney

for the plaintiffs - eight airline passengers from Hawaii,

California and other states - did not immediately respond to a

request for one.

The lawsuit said "the current trend toward concentration,

the lessening of competition and the tendency to create a

monopoly in the airlines industry is unmatched, unparalleled,

and dangerous."

Alaska Airlines countered in Friday's filing that "the

merger will vastly expand their customers' access to the rest of

the world."

The airline has said that the proposed deal was under

antitrust review by the U.S. Justice Department. Both carriers

said in March that they "have been working cooperatively with

the DOJ and expect to continue to do so."

A Justice Department spokesperson on Friday declined to

comment.

Hawaiian Airlines is not a defendant in the consumers'

lawsuit.

The case is Warren Yoshimoto et al v. Alaska Airlines and

Alaska Air Group ( ALK ), U.S. District Court for the District of

Hawaii, No. 1:24-cv-00173.

For plaintiffs: Terence O'Toole of Starn O'Toole Marcus &

Fisher; and Joseph Alioto of Alioto Law Firm

For Alaska Air ( ALK ): Courtney Dyer, Stephen McIntyre, Anna

Pletcher and Pete Herrick of O'Melveny & Myers

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