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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 	 	 	
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):	 	July 18, 2003	

	
ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 	 	 	 	 	
Delaware	 	1-8957	 	91-1292054	

	
(State or Other
Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)	 	(Commission File
Number)	 	(IRS
Employer Identification
Number)	
 	 	 	 	 	
19300 Pacific Highway South, Seattle, Washington	 	 	98188	 	

	
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	 	 	(Zip Code)	 	
 	 	 	 	
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code	 	(206) 431-7040	 	

	 	

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 	ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS	
 	ITEM 7. EXHIBITS	
SIGNATURES	
EXHIBIT INDEX	
EXHIBIT 99.1	

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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

               On July 18, 2003, Alaska Air Group, Inc. issued a press release announcing the filing of a Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission providing for the resale by security holders of up to $150,000,000 original principal amount of the Company’s issued and outstanding Senior Convertible Notes due 2023 and shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes. The notes were originally issued in a private placement in March 2003

               The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by this reference.

ITEM 7. EXHIBITS
 	 	 	
99.1	 	Press Release dated July 18, 2003	
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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 	 	 	
 	 	ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC.	

July 18, 2003	 	/s/ Terri K. Maupin

Terri K. Maupin
Staff Vice President/Finance and Controller	
 	 	 	
July 18, 2003	 	/s/ Bradley D. Tilden

Bradley D. Tilden
Executive Vice President/Finance and
Chief Financial Officer	
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EXHIBIT INDEX
 	 	 	
Exhibit	 	 	
No.	 	Description of Exhibit	

	 	

	
99.1	 	Press Release dated July 18, 2003	
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EXHIBIT 99.1
 	 	 	
Contact:	 	Brad Tilden     -or-     Jack Evans
206-392-5362  206-392-5134	
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE            July 18, 2003

ALASKA AIR GROUP FILES SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT

SEATTLE – Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK) the parent company of Alaska Airlines, Inc. and Horizon Air Industries, Inc., announced today that it has filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission providing for the resale by security holders of up to $150,000,000 original principal amount of the Company’s issued and outstanding Senior Convertible Notes due 2023 and sha+res of common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes. The notes were originally issued in a private placement in March 2003.

Alaska Air Group will not receive any proceeds from the sale by any selling security holder of the notes or the common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes.

When available, a copy of the prospectus contained in the registration statement may be obtained from Bradley D. Tilden, executive vice president/finance and chief financial officer, 19300 Pacific Highway South, Seattle, Washington 98188.

 

A registration statement relating to the notes and shares of common stock has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. The notes and shares of common stock may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted before the time the registration statement becomes effective. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the shares in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.

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