Alaska Airlines Debuts Fish-Themed Aircraft to State of Alaska at Anchorage Salmon Homecoming Event

    ***INFORMATION AND PHOTOGRAPHS EMBARGOED UNTIL 2 P.M. PACIFIC TIME
                           SATURDAY, OCT. 1***

  WHEN:                 Sunday, Oct. 2, beginning at 11 a.m. Alaskan time

  WHAT:                 Alaska Airlines will hold an Alaska homecoming event
                        for the carrier's new "Salmon-Thirty-Salmon"
                        aircraft at the airline's hangar at Ted Stevens
                        Anchorage International Airport. Hundreds of Alaska
                        Airlines employees, guests and dignitaries are
                        expected to attend. The aircraft is the most
                        intricately painted commercial aircraft known and
                        celebrates the partnership of the carrier and the
                        Alaska seafood industry.

  WHERE:                Alaska Airlines Maintenance Hangar, Ted Stevens
                        Anchorage International
                        Airport, 4100 West Old International Airport Road,
                        Anchorage, Alaska, 99502

  PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES:  Media are invited to photograph the entirety of this
                        event including:

                          -- 11 a.m. -- Hundreds of Alaska Airlines
                             employees, guests and dignitaries gather in
                             hangar and enjoy fish-themed activities
                          -- Noon -- Formal presentation on stage located
                             inside hangar
                          -- 12:15 p.m. -- Welcoming dance performed by
                             Alaska Native dancers
                          -- 12:20 p.m. -- Aircraft arrives at hangar
                          -- 12:30 p.m. -- Salmon homecoming activities,
                             including seafood barbecue feast

  RSVP:                 Members of the media planning to cover the event
                        should contact Amanda Tobin at 206-392-5134.

  ACCESS:               As this is a private event, members of the news
                        media must show credentials at the gate to receive a
                        badge and will be escorted by Alaska Airlines
                        representatives.

  DIRECTIONS:           Take International Airport Rd. toward Ted Stevens
                        Anchorage International Airport. Take the
                        International Airport West ramp and merge onto W.
                        International Airport Road. Turn left on Jewel Lake
                        Rd. and take an immediate right onto Old
                        International Airport Rd. Proceed just more than
                        one-half mile. Park in the cargo parking lot and
                        display media identification in dashboard of
                        vehicle. Enter through doors to Alaska Airlines
                        Maintenance Hangar and check in at media table
                        directly inside the hangar entrance doors.

    ***INFORMATION AND PHOTOGRAPHS EMBARGOED UNTIL 2 P.M. PACIFIC TIME
                           SATURDAY, OCT. 1***

  Contact: Amanda Tobin
           206-392-5134

PRNewswire — Sept. 29

SOURCE: Alaska Airlines