Alaska Air Group to Hold Investor Meeting on November 10

SEATTLE, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE: ALK),
the parent company of Alaska Airlines, Inc., and Horizon Air Industries, Inc.,
will hold an investor day on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, at the New York Stock
Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York. Remarks by company management will begin
at 9:30 a.m. Pacific time/12:30 p.m. Eastern time. Interested parties may
listen to the presentation and question-and-answer period via webcast at
www.alaskaair.com/investors.

Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group (NYSE: ALK),
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.

SOURCE Alaska Air Group, Inc.

Media, Bobbie Egan, Media Relations Manager, +1-206-392-5134, or
Investors/analysts, Shannon Alberts, Managing Director of Investor Relations,
+1-206-392-5218, both of Alaska Air Group, Inc.