SEATTLE, Feb 8, 2002 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Alaska Airlines (NYSE:ALK) inaugurates service today from Los Angeles to Calgary, Alberta, with a daily nonstop flight each way between the two cities.

The daily northbound flight departs Los Angeles at 7:51 p.m. and arrives at 11:57 p.m. The daily southbound flight leaves Calgary at 7:15 a.m. and arrives in Los Angeles at 9:18 a.m. Alaska will operate 140-seat Boeing MD-80 aircraft on the route, configured with 12 seats in first class and 128 in coach.

Along with the new service, Alaska Airlines also is offering a variety of vacation packages to the alpine resorts of Banff and Lake Louise near Calgary. Packages include hotel accommodations, transfers between the airport and hotel and calling cards as well as lift tickets for winter ski getaways.

With the addition of Calgary, Alaska now provides nonstop service between Los Angeles and a dozen North American cities, including six Mexico resort destinations.

Alaska Airlines, celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2002, is the ninth largest commercial air carrier in the United States. The airline operates a fleet of 102 Boeing 737 and MD-80 jets, a fleet that ranks among the youngest of all major U.S. carriers.

Consistently recognized for customer service in passenger surveys, Alaska has been rated recently as the best major U.S. carrier by the highly respected Zagat Airline Survey. That recognition came on the heels of a similar accolade from the readers of Travel+Leisure magazine which named Alaska the "World's Best Domestic Airline."

For reservations, go to www.alaskaair.com, call Alaska's toll-free reservations line at 1-800-ALASKAAIR (1-800-252-7522) or call your travel agent. For more news and information visit the Alaska Airlines Newsroom on the Internet at http://newsroom.alaskaair.com.

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                  Jack Walsh, 206/901-8753                          
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                  Alaska Airlines
                  Jack Evans, 206/433-3134 

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