Southwest Airlines Reports April Traffic

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DALLAS, May 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) announced today that the Company flew 7.0 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in April 2011, an 8.7 percent increase from the 6.5 billion RPMs flown in April 2010.  Available seat miles (ASMs) increased 7.5 percent to 8.8 billion from the April 2010 level of 8.2 billion.  The load factor for the month was 79.7 percent, compared to 78.8 percent for April 2010. For April 2011, passenger revenue per ASM is estimated to have increased in the four to five percent range compared to April 2010.  

For the first four months of 2011, Southwest flew 26.2 billion RPMs, compared to 23.6 billion RPMs flown for the same period in 2010, an increase of 11.0 percent.  ASMs increased 8.1 percent to 33.3 billion from the 2010 level of 30.8 billion.  The year-to-date load factor was 78.7 percent, compared to 76.7 percent for the same period last year.  

This release, as well as past news releases on Southwest, is available online at southwest.com.


SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.

PRELIMINARY COMPARATIVE TRAFFIC STATISTICS





                               APRIL



                               2011        2010        CHANGE





Revenue passengers carried     7,522,952   7,495,073   0.4 %



Enplaned passengers            9,223,678   8,911,492   3.5 %



Revenue passenger miles (000)  7,040,248   6,477,421   8.7 %



Available seat miles (000)     8,830,037   8,215,474   7.5 %



Load factor                    79.7%       78.8%       0.9 pts.



Average length of haul         936         864         8.3 %



Trips flown                    96,683      93,719      3.2 %









                               YEAR-TO-DATE



                               2011        2010        CHANGE





Revenue passengers carried     28,638,067  27,471,908  4.2 %



Enplaned passengers            34,822,796  32,605,956  6.8 %



Revenue passenger miles (000)  26,236,133  23,639,135  11.0 %



Available seat miles (000)     33,335,710  30,834,934  8.1 %



Load factor                    78.7%       76.7%       2.0 pts.



Average length of haul         916         860         6.5 %



Trips flown                    370,506     355,611     4.2 %


SOURCE Southwest Airlines Co.

Released May 6, 2011