Who owns Horizon Air?
Horizon Air is owned by Alaska Air Group (the United States, NYSE: ALK), which has owned the brand since 1986.[1]
Evidence: Alaska Air Group, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-12, SEC EDGAR, 12 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Alaska Air Group, Inc. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Seattle
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1981
- Category
- Travel & transport › Airlines
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: ALK
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Horizon Air
Horizon Air is a Washington corporation that, according to Alaska Air Group's 10-K, was incorporated and began service in 1981 and was acquired by the group in 1986. It is a regional carrier flying Embraer E175 aircraft, and all of its capacity is sold to Alaska Airlines under capacity purchase agreements, so its flights are marketed under the Alaska name.
What Alaska Air Group's annual report says about Horizon Air
Sentences about Horizon Air from Alaska Air Group's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Horizon Air is a Washington corporation that was incorporated and began service in 1981, and was acquired by Air Group in 1986.
How often Alaska Air Group names Horizon Air in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Horizon Air
- 1986 – present Alaska Air Group [1] verified
Where Horizon Air sits in Alaska Air Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Alaska Air Group
Alaska Air Group controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in travel & transport.
Also in travel & transport
Other brands in airlines, and who owns them
The 509 brands in airlines on Brandtree belong to 341 owners. The largest is Lufthansa Group, with 10; Alaska Air Group has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Air Dolomiti | Lufthansa Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| China Southern Airlines | China Southern Airlines | 🇨🇳 China |
| Air China | Air China | 🇨🇳 China |
| Aer Lingus | IAG | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| LATAM Airlines Brasil | LATAM | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Air France | Air France-KLM | 🇫🇷 France |
| AirAsia | AirAsia X | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Calm Air | Exchange Income | 🇨🇦 Canada |
About the owner: Alaska Air Group
Alaska Air Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Seattle, United States, founded in 1985. Brandtree records 3 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: ALK.
Alaska Air Group is a Delaware corporation incorporated in 1985 and headquartered in Seattle. Its FY2025 10-K says it operates three airlines, Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air. It acquired Hawaiian Holdings in 2024, and on 29 October 2025 the Alaska and Hawaiian operations were combined under Alaska's FAA operating certificate, with Hawaiian kept as a distinct brand.
Alaska Air Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Horizon Air and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Horizon Air is not one of them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Horizon Air?
The parent company of Horizon Air is Alaska Air Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Horizon Air American?
Yes. Horizon Air originated in the United States in 1981 and its owner, Alaska Air Group, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has Alaska Air Group owned Horizon Air?
Alaska Air Group has owned Horizon Air since 1986.
Is Horizon Air still owned by Alaska Air Group?
Yes. As of 10 October 2026, Horizon Air is still owned by Alaska Air Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Alaska Air Group, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-12 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 12 February 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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