Southwest Airlines Annual Shareholders' Meeting to be Held Wednesday, May 20, 2009

    WHAT:    Southwest Airlines Annual Shareholders' Meeting

    WHEN:    Wednesday, May 20, 2009
             10:00 a.m. CDT
              -- Shareholders' Meeting begins promptly at 10:00 a.m. CDT
              -- Live webcast available via the Investor Relations homepage
                 located at www.southwest.com.
              -- Media briefing with Chairman of the Board, President, and
                 Chief Executive Officer Gary Kelly immediately following. The
                 briefing room does not have Wi-Fi access.

    WEBCAST: A link to the webcast will be made available via the Investor
             Relations homepage on the Southwest Airlines website. To
             access the Investor Relations homepage, click on "About
             Southwest" and select Investor Relations from the "About SWA"
             sidebar menu.  If you are unable to participate during the live
             audio webcast, a replay will be available on the Events
             Calendar in the Investor Relations section of our website.
             (See further details below.)

             Minimum Requirements to listen to broadcast:
             The Windows Media Player software, downloadable free from
             http://www.microsoft.com, and at least a 56K bps connection to
             the Internet.  If you experience problems listening to the
             webcast, send an e-mail to: webcast@multivu.com.

    WHERE:   Southwest Airlines Headquarters
             2702 Love Field Drive
             Dallas, TX  75235
             (adjacent to Dallas Love Field Airport off of Denton Drive)

    CONTACT: Media: Public Relations (214) 792-4847
             Investors: Investor Relations (214) 792-4415

www.southwest.com

/PRNewswire -- May 19/

SOURCE Southwest Airlines