<div id="readability-page-1">05:45 PM EST, 12/03/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Alaska Air Group ( ALK ) cut its Q4 adjusted earnings guidance to $0.10 a share from a prior outlook of at least $0.40, partly because of an internal IT and cloud service provider outage.Analysts surveyed by FactSet had expected $0.19.The company also pointed to lost revenue during the US government shutdown and higher fuel costs among the &#34;several transitory headwinds&#34; affecting the quarter.Government-mandated flight reductions during the shutdown resulted in 600 cancellations affecting 40,000 customers, Alaska Air ( ALK ) said Wednesday in a regulatory filing.The company's shares fell 1.2% in after-hours trading. MT Newswires does not provide investment advice. Unauthorized reproduction is strictly prohibited.</div>

Alaska Air Group has reduced its Q4 earnings guidance from $0.40 to $0.10 per share due to an IT outage and the US government shutdown, which led to 600 flight cancellations. Analysts had expected $0.19. The company's shares fell 1.2% in after-hours trading.

Alaska Air Group Cuts Q4 Earnings Outlook on IT Outage, Shutdown Impact