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EXHIBIT
23.1
CONSENT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board
of Directors
Alaska
Airlines, Inc.:
We
consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (No.
333-64998) on Form S-3 of Alaska Airlines, Inc. of our report dated
February 23, 2010, with respect to the balance sheets of Alaska Airlines,
Inc. as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related statements of
operations, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 2009, and the related financial
statement schedule, which report appears in the December 31, 2009 annual
report on Form 10-K of Alaska Airlines, Inc.
The
Company adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements
(included in FASB ASC Topic 320, Investments-Debt and Equity
Securities) and the measurement date
provisions of SFAS No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined
Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans (included in FASB ASC Topic 960, Plan Accounting – Defined
Benefit Pension Plans), effective
January 1, 2008.
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/s/ KPMG
LLP
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Seattle,
Washington
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February 23,
2010
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