Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * SPRAGUE JOSEPH A	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC. [ ALK ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director                    _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below)    _____ Other (specify below) PRESIDENT, HORIZON AIR
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) C/O ALASKA AIRLINES, INC., 19300 INTERNATIONAL BLVD	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 2/7/2022
(Street) SEATTLE, WA 98188 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
COMMON STOCK (1)								7049	I	ESOP TRUST
COMMON STOCK								15707	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS	$0	2/7/2022		A		3020		2/7/2025 (2)	2/7/2032	COMMON STOCK	3020	$0	3020	D
EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION (RT TO BUY)	$55.36	2/7/2022		A		7160		2/7/2023 (3)	2/7/2032	COMMON STOCK	7160	$0	7160	D

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	COMMON SHARES HELD IN THE ALASKA AIR GROUP INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP 401(K) PLAN TRUST, AS OF 12/31/2021.
(2)	RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS CLIFF VEST 3 YEARS FROM GRANT AND CONVERT INTO COMMON STOCK ON A ONE-FOR-ONE-BASIS.
(3)	OPTIONS VEST IN 25% INCREMENTS OVER FOUR YEARS (2/7/2023, 2/7/2024, 2/7/2025 AND 2/7/2026).

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
SPRAGUE JOSEPH A C/O ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. 19300 INTERNATIONAL BLVD SEATTLE, WA 98188			PRESIDENT, HORIZON AIR

Signatures
/s/JEANNE E. GAMMON, ATTORNEY IN FACT FOR JOSEPH A. SPRAGUE		2/9/2022
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date