Southwest Airlines Reports November Traffic

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DALLAS, Dec. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) announced today that the Company flew 6.5 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in November 2010, a 10.7 percent increase from the 5.9 billion RPMs flown in November 2009.  Available seat miles (ASMs) increased 5.7 percent to 8.1 billion from the November 2009 level of 7.7 billion.  The load factor for the month was 80.1 percent, compared to 76.5 percent for the same period last year.  For November 2010, passenger revenue per ASM is estimated to have increased in the seven to eight percent range as compared to November 2009.

For the eleven months ended November 30, 2010, Southwest flew 71.4 billion RPMs, compared to 68.5 billion RPMs flown for the same period in 2009, an increase of 4.3 percent.  Available seat miles remained flat from the November 2009 level of 90.2 billion.  The year-to-date load factor was 79.2 percent, compared to 76.0 percent for the same period last year.  

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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.

PRELIMINARY COMPARATIVE TRAFFIC STATISTICS





                               NOVEMBER



                               2010        2009        CHANGE





Revenue passengers carried     7,362,817   7,028,993   4.7 %



Enplaned passengers            8,858,830   8,255,414   7.3 %



Revenue passenger miles (000)  6,506,882   5,879,163   10.7 %



Available seat miles (000)     8,127,548   7,686,018   5.7 %



Load factor                    80.1%       76.5%       3.6 pts.



Average length of haul         884         836         5.7 %



Trips flown                    91,159      89,286      2.1 %



                               YEAR-TO-DATE



                               2010        2009        CHANGE





Revenue passengers carried     80,901,928  79,273,009  2.1 %



Enplaned passengers            97,281,181  92,983,281  4.6 %



Revenue passenger miles (000)  71,398,991  68,486,053  4.3 %



Available seat miles (000)     90,166,606  90,168,802  -



Load factor                    79.2%       76.0%       3.2 pts.



Average length of haul         883         864         2.2 %



Trips flown                    1,021,956   1,034,327   (1.2)%


SOURCE Southwest Airlines Co.

Released December 8, 2010