Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air 2010 Annual Report Download - page 134

headquarters complex. Alaska also leases a
stores warehouse, and office space for a
customer service and reservation facility in Kent,
WA. Alaska’s major facilities outside of Seattle
include a regional headquarters building, an air
cargo facility and a hangar/office facility in
Anchorage, AK, as well as leased reservations
facilities in Phoenix, AZ. and Boise, ID. Alaska
uses its own employees for ground handling
services at most of our airports in the state of
Alaska. At other airports throughout our system,
those services are contracted to various third-
party vendors.
Horizon owns its Seattle corporate headquarters
building. It leases an operations, training, and
aircraft maintenance facility in Portland as well
as line maintenance stations in Boise, Spokane,
Eugene, Los Angeles, Seattle, Redmond, and
Medford.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
We are a party to routine litigation matters
incidental to our business. Management believes
the ultimate disposition of these matters is not
likely to materially affect our financial position or
results of operations. This forward-looking
statement is based on management’s current
understanding of the relevant law and facts, and
it is subject to various contingencies, including
the potential costs and risks associated with
litigation and the actions of judges and juries.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is
conducting an inquiry into trading in the
securities of Puget Energy Inc. (“PSE”) by Donald
Smith & Co., an investment firm. William Ayer,
our Chief Executive Officer, serves on the board
of PSE. Mr. Ayer and the Company are
cooperating voluntarily in that inquiry. Mr. Ayer
has stated that he never provided any non-public
information about PSE to Donald Smith & Co.
ITEM 4. REMOVED AND RESERVED
None
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