Alaska Air Group to Announce Financial Results

SEATTLE, Oct. 3 2008 - Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK) , the parent company of Alaska Airlines, Inc., and Horizon Air Industries, Inc., will announce its third quarter 2008 financial results on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008. A conference call is scheduled at 8:30 a.m. Pacific time/11:30 a.m. Eastern time. Interested parties may listen to the call via webcast at alaskaair.com/investors.

Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air serves 93 cities through an expansive network throughout Alaska, the Lower 48, Hawaii, Canada and Mexico. For reservations, visit alaskaair.com. For more news and information, visit the Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air Newsroom at alaskaair.com/newsroom.

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Shannon Alberts, +1-206-392-5218, both of Alaska Air Group, Inc.

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