SUMMARY:    Alaska Airlines unveils "The Airport of the Future." This
            fully operational prototype provides a glimpse of the
            completely new way in which Alaska Airlines will handle
            passenger check-ins when it moves to its new quarters at
            Anchorage's Ted Stevens International Airport in 2004.
WHO:        Ed White, Alaska Airlines vice president of ground
            operations.
WHEN and
 WHERE:     Media tours will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.,
            Thursday, June 6. Upon entering Anchorage's Ted Stevens
            International Airport, go left at the existing Alaska
            Airlines ticket counter.

CONTACT: Alaska Airlines Jack Walsh, 206/901-8753 Jack Evans, 206/433-3134 Lou Cancelmi, 206/390-5630