INDEPENDENT AUDITORS CONSENT
Published on January 12, 2001
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
(Form S-8) pertaining to the Southwest Airlines Co. LUV 2000 Non-Qualified
Stock Option Plan of our report dated January 18, 2000 with respect to the
consolidated financial statements of Southwest Airlines Co. included in its
Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1999, filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
January 12, 2001