Alaska Air Group to Webcast Presentation at Bear Stearns Global Transportation Conference

Alaska Air Group, Inc. , the parent company of Alaska Airlines, Inc. and Horizon Air Industries, Inc., today announced it will webcast a presentation given by Brad Tilden, Alaska's executive vice...

Alaska Air Group, Inc. , the parent company of Alaska Airlines, Inc. and Horizon Air Industries, Inc., today announced it will webcast a presentation given by Brad Tilden, Alaska’s executive vice president of finance and chief financial officer, at the Bear Stearns Global Transportation Conference on Wednesday, May 10, 2006, in New York.

The webcast will be presented at 11:15 a.m. Eastern time. To participate in the listen-only mode webcast, listeners should access the "Investor Information" section of alaskaair.com several minutes prior to 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 alaskaair.com for 30 days.

Alaska Airlines and sister carrier, Horizon Air, together serve 88 cities through an expansive network throughout Alaska, the Lower 48, Canada and Mexico. For reservations visit alaskaair.com. For more news and information, visit the Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air newsroom at http://newsroom.alaskaair.com/.

SOURCE: Alaska Air Group, Inc.

CONTACT: Shannon Alberts, +1-206-392-5218, or Caroline Boren,
+1-206-392-5799, both of Alaska Air Group, Inc.