Alaska Airlines names Jay Gupta Managing Director of Infrastructure and Modern Platforms

Jay Gupta joined Alaska Airlines asmanaging director of infrastructure and modern platforms in its Informationand Technology Services division. Gupta is responsible for strategy,implementation and operations for the airline's data centers, airports, callcenters and mobile employees."Jay brings with him over 18 years of IT experience and a track record ofdelivering operational excellence and setting strategic technology directionto align with corporate vision and financial goals," said Kris Kutchera, theairline's vice president of information technology. "He will help us continueto grow our services to our customers as we strive to become the easiestairline to fly."For the last four years, Gupta was senior director of infrastructure withThomson Reuters, managing the global infrastructure for its revenue-generatingand customer-facing products. Prior to that he served as informationtechnology director for Oracle leading its global Cloud Services initiatives.Gupta has a bachelor's degree from Calcutta University, in India and willgraduate in May 2015 with an Executive MBA from Carlson School of Managementat the University of Minnesota. A photo of Gupta is available athttp://bit.ly/JayGupta.Alaska Airlines, a subsidiary of Alaska Air Group (NYSE: ALK), together withits partner regional airlines, serves more than 100 cities through anexpansive network in Alaska, the Lower 48, Hawaii, Canada and Mexico. AlaskaAirlines ranked "Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among Traditional NetworkCarriers" in the J.D. Power and Associates for seven consecutive years from2008 to 2014. Alaska Airlines' Mileage Plan also ranked highest in the 2014Airline Loyalty/Rewards Program Satisfaction Report. For reservations, visitwww.alaskaair.com. For more news and information, visit the Alaska AirlinesNewsroom at www.alaskaair.com/newsroom.