Alaska Air Group (ALK) Q3 2018 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK) Q3 2018 Earnings Call October 25, 2018 11:30 AM ET

Executives

Matt Grady - Alaska Air Group, Inc.
Bradley D. Tilden - Alaska Air Group, Inc.
Andrew R. Harrison - Alaska Air Group, Inc.
Brandon S. Pedersen - Alaska Air Group, Inc.
Benito Minicucci - Alaska Air Group, Inc.
Christopher M. Berry - Alaska Air Group, Inc.
Shane R. Tackett - Alaska Air Group, Inc.

Analysts

Savanthi N. Syth - Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
Michael Linenberg - Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.
Duane Pfennigwerth - Evercore ISI
Rajeev Lalwani - Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
Jamie N. Baker - JPMorgan Securities LLC
Helane Becker - Cowen & Co. LLC
Hunter K. Keay - Wolfe Research LLC
Dan J. McKenzie - The Buckingham Research Group, Inc.
Joseph William DeNardi - Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc.
Brandon R. Oglenski - Barclays Capital, Inc.

Operator

Good morning. My name is Amber, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Alaska Air Group Third Quarter Earnings Release Conference Call. Today's call is being recorded and will be accessible for future playback at www.alaskaair.com. Thank you.

I would now like to turn the call over to Alaska Air Group's Director of Investor Relations, Matt Grady.

Matt Grady - Alaska Air Group, Inc.

Thanks, Amber. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us for our third quarter 2018 earnings call. On the call today, our CEO, Brad Tilden, will provide an overview of the business; Andrew Harrison, our Chief Commercial Officer, will share an update on our revenue results and outlook; and our CFO, Brandon Pedersen, will discuss our cost performance and cash flows. Several other members of our management team are also on hand to help answer your questions.