---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000766421-24-000038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALK"
cik: "0000766421"
company_name: "ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2024-07-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T20:20:28.719128+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Alaska Air Q2 adjusted EPS $2.55; record revenue; leading 15.8% pretax margin

## Summary
- GAAP net income $220M ($1.71 EPS); adjusted net income $327M ($2.55 EPS) vs $387M ($3.00) in Q2 2023.
- Record quarterly revenue; adjusted pretax margin of 15.8% expected to lead the industry.
- Completion rate 99.5%; tentative agreement with mainline flight attendants, vote by mid-August.
- Repurchased $28M in stock during Q2; ended quarter with $2.5B cash and 45% debt-to-capitalization.
- Received 6 737-9, 3 737-8, and 1 E175; DOJ second request on Hawaiian Airlines acquisition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000766421-24-000038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALK
- cik: 0000766421
- company_name: ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-07-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766421/000076642124000038/0000766421-24-000038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766421/000076642124000038/alk-20240717.htm

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