Hawaiian Airlines is cutting a small number of office jobs in Honolulu, a mild negative for local workers but a sign the Alaska Air merger is moving ahead.

• Thirteen non-union positions at the Honolulu airport operation will go over the next three months.
• Most of the cuts come from headquarters, with one each from air cargo and the airport itself.
• The total is under 3% of the airline's non-union staff in Honolulu, so the hit is contained.
• Union employees are not affected by this round.
• The cuts come as Hawaiian and Alaska Air keep combining their office and air cargo operations.

Outlook: More overlapping back-office roles are likely to be trimmed as the two airlines finish merging.