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10-Q - ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. FORM 10-Q - ALASKA AIRLINES INCform10-q.htm
EX-31.2 - SECTION 302 CFO CERTIFICATION - ALASKA AIRLINES INCex31-2.htm
EX-31.1 - SECTION 302 CEO CERTIFICATION - ALASKA AIRLINES INCex31-1.htm
EX-32.2 - SECTION 906 CFO CERTIFICATION - ALASKA AIRLINES INCex32-2.htm

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Alaska Airlines, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2009 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, William S. Ayer, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge,

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


 
By   /s/William S. Ayer
William S. Ayer
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
November 6, 2009