AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Alaska Air (ALK)

Alaska Air Group names Jason Berry COO of Alaska Airlines, effective November 3, 2025

Neutral Impact 3 of 5 leadership Written later

Alaska Air Group announced a leadership change: Jason Berry will become executive vice president and chief operating officer of Alaska Airlines on November 3, 2025, succeeding Constance von Muehlen, who will retire on February 15, 2026. The filing is a leadership and management transition with no financial results or guidance included, and it is tied to the integration of Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines.

Key points

  • Jason Berry, 48, elected Alaska Airlines EVP and COO effective November 3, 2025; base salary set at $525,000
  • Berry's target annual cash incentive is 85% of base salary; long-term incentive target is $1,600,000
  • Von Muehlen serves as Advisor to the COO from November 3, 2025, until her retirement on February 15, 2026
  • Andrea Schneider succeeds Berry as president of Horizon Air Industries, Inc.

The filing

CompanyAlaska Air (ALK)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECSep 26, 2025, 1:00 PM ET
Accession number0000766421-25-000045

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:00 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on September 26, 2025.

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