Southwest Airlines News Teleconference on 2009 Third Quarter Financial Results

    WHO:              Gary Kelly, Chairman of the Board, President, and
                      Chief Executive Officer
                      Laura Wright, Senior Vice President Finance and Chief
                      Financial Officer

    WHAT:             Upon completion of the question and answer portion of
                      the call dedicated to our audience of
                      investors/analysts, members of the media will be given
                      an opportunity to ask questions of Mr. Kelly and Ms.
                      Wright about the airline's financial results for the
                      third quarter 2009.

    WHERE:            Mr. Kelly and Ms. Wright will be taking media calls from
                      the offices of Southwest Airlines Corporate Headquarters
                      in Dallas.

    WHEN:             10:30 AM Central Daylight Time
                      Oct. 15, 2009

    HOW:              Those interested in participating in the News
                      Teleconference should dial (888) 271-8596 up to ten
                      minutes prior to the 10:30 a.m. CST start of the call.
                      Please ask to be connected to the Southwest Airlines
                      conference call for analysts and news media; no passcode
                      needed.

                      A live broadcast of the conference call will be
                      available via the Investor Relations homepage at
                      southwest.com.  A replay of the webcast will also be
                      available on the Events Calendar in the Investor
                      Relations section of the website.

MEDIA: Please call Public Relations (214) 792-4847

www.southwest.com

/PRNewswire -- Oct. 12/

SOURCE Southwest Airlines