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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 Annual Report of Alaska Airlines, Inc. (the “Company”) on
Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 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:
(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
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/s/ WILLIAM S. AYER
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William
S. Ayer
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Chairman &
Chief Executive Officer
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February
24, 2010