Alaska Air Group to Announce Financial Results

Alaska Air Group, Inc. , the parent company of Alaska Airlines, Inc., and Horizon Air Industries, Inc., will announce its fourth quarter and full year 2008 financial results on Thursday, Jan. 29,...

Alaska Air Group, Inc. , the parent company of Alaska Airlines, Inc., and Horizon Air Industries, Inc., will announce its fourth quarter and full year 2008 financial results on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. A conference call is scheduled at 8:30 a.m. Pacific time/11:30 a.m. Eastern time. Interested parties may listen to the call via webcast at alaskaair.com/investors.

Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air serve 90 cities through an expansive network throughout Alaska, the Lower 48, Hawaii, Canada and Mexico. Alaska Airlines ranked "Highest in Customer Satisfaction among Traditional Network Carriers (tie)" in the J. D. Powers and Associates 2008 North America Airline Satisfaction Study(SM). For reservations, visit alaskaair.com. For more news and information, visit the Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air Newsroom at alaskaair.com/newsroom.

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact: maria.koenig@alaskaair.com

SOURCE: Alaska Air Group, Inc.

CONTACT: Media, Caroline Boren, +1-206-392-5101, or Investor-analyst,
Shannon Alberts, +1-206-392-5218, both of Alaska Air Group, Inc.