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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 Quarterly Report of Alaska Air Group, Inc. (the "Company")
on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2010 as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, William S. Ayer,
Chairman, President & 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,
President & Chief Executive Officer
May 5,
2010