SPECIAL ITEMS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2026

Unusual or Infrequent Items, or Both [Abstract]

SPECIAL ITEMS

SPECIAL ITEMS

The Company has classified certain operating activities as special items due to their unusual or infrequently occurring nature. Disclosing information about these items separately may assist with comparable year-over-year analysis and allow stakeholders to better understand Air Group's results of operations.

Special items for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 were $25 million and $102 million, respectively, and were primarily associated with the integration of Hawaiian Airlines, including employee-related costs, technology costs associated with the transition to a single passenger service system, and other merger costs, as well as certain litigation costs. Special items for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 were $64 million and $211 million, respectively, and were associated with the integration of Hawaiian Airlines, as well as changes to Alaska flight attendants' sick leave benefits pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement ratified in the first quarter of 2025.