LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR
ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC.
SECTION 16 (a) FILINGS


       Know all by these present that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints Alaska Air Group General Counsel Kyle B.
Levine, Assistant Corporate Secretary Jennifer L. Thompson, and
Manager, Stock Plans and Shareholder Services Jeanne E. Gammon,
signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-
fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned,
in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or
director of Alaska Air Group, Inc. (the
?Company?), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on
behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary
or desirable to complete and execute any such Form
3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or
amendments thereto, and timely file such form with
the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever
in connection with the foregoing which, in the
opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-
fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-
fact's discretion.
       The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and
thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in
the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution
or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-
fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any
of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms
3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power
of Attorney to be executed as of this 3rd day of January, 2017.

Signed:

/s/ Peter D. Hunt
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Peter D. Hunt

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foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power
of Attorney to be executed as of this 3rd day of January, 2017.

Signed:

/s/ Peter D. Hunt
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