Alaska Air Group to Webcast Presentation at Next Generation Equity Research Airline Conference

Alaska Air Group, Inc. , the parent company of Alaska Airlines, Inc. and Horizon Air Industries, Inc., today announced it will webcast a presentation by Glenn Johnson, Alaska’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, at the Next Generation Equity Research Airline Conference on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009, in New York.

The webcast will be presented live at 8:20 a.m. Eastern time. To participate in listen-only mode, 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 Horizon Air, subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group , together serve more than 90 cities through an expansive network in Alaska, the Lower 48, Hawaii, Canada and Mexico. Alaska Airlines ranked "Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among Traditional Network Carriers" in the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 and 2009 North America Airline Satisfaction Studies(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.