Alaska Airlines Says Aloha to Hawaii

  Airline launches seasonal daily Anchorage-Honolulu service starting in
                                 December

         * * *  INFORMATION EMBARGOED UNTIL THURSDAY, MAY 31* * *

  WHEN:     6-9 a.m. Alaska time, Thursday, May 31

  WHERE:    Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, South Terminal,
            Alaska Airlines check-in area

  WHAT:     Alaska Airlines celebrates new service to the Aloha state
            starting in December. Festivities in the Alaska Airlines
            check-in area will include live Polynesian entertainment and
            managers presenting leis to arriving customers and employees. An
            airline senior executive will be available for interviews.

  WHO:      Bill MacKay, senior vice president, Alaska

  RSVP:     Please contact Alaska Airlines Corporate Communications at
            (206) 392-5101 -- office or (206) 304-0008 -- mobile.

  Contact:  Caroline Boren, (206) 392-5101, or Paul McElroy, (206) 392-5038,
            or, media pager, (206) 304-0008.

PRNewswire — May 30

SOURCE: Alaska Airlines