Attached files
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