Alaska Air Group to Webcast Presentation at Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Transportation Conference

SEATTLE, May 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Alaska Air Group Inc. (NYSE: ALK), the parent company of Alaska Airlines Inc. and Horizon Air Industries Inc., announced today it will webcast a presentation by Brandon Pedersen, Alaska‘s vice president, finance, and chief financial officer, at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Transportation Conference on Thursday, May 19, in Boston.

The webcast will be presented live at 11:30 a.m. Eastern time. To participate, listeners should access www.alaskaair.com/investors several minutes before the scheduled start time to allow sufficient time to register. For those unable to listen to the live webcast, a replay will be available at www.alaskaair.com/investors until June 3, 2011.

Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group (NYSE: ALK), together serve 90 cities throughout Alaska, the Lower 48, Hawaii, Canada and Mexico. For reservations, visit www.alaskaair.com. For more news and information, visit the Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air Newsroom at www.alaskaair.com/newsroom.

SOURCE Alaska Air Group Inc.