EXHIBIT 99.1 JANUARY 2010 TRAFFIC RELEASE
Published on February 4, 2010
Ex 99.1
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SOUTHWEST
AIRLINES REPORTS JANUARY TRAFFIC
DALLAS, TEXAS -- February 4, 2010 --
Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) announced today that the Company
flew 5.5 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in January 2010, a 7.1 percent
increase from the 5.1 billion RPMs flown in January 2009. Available
seat miles (ASMs) decreased 6.7 percent to 7.6 billion from the January 2009
level of 8.2 billion. The load factor for the month was 72.1 percent,
compared to 62.8 percent for the same period last year. For January
2010, passenger revenue per ASM is estimated to have increased in the 14 to 15
percent range compared to January 2009.
This release, as well as past news
releases on Southwest, are available online at southwest.com.
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PRELIMINARY
COMPARATIVE TRAFFIC STATISTICS
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JANUARY
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2010
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2009
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CHANGE
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Revenue
passengers carried
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6,500,716 | 5,988,116 | 8.6 | % | ||||||||
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Enplaned
passengers
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7,576,013 | 6,993,566 | 8.3 | % | ||||||||
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Revenue
passenger miles (000)
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5,499,087 | 5,135,380 | 7.1 | % | ||||||||
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Available
seat miles (000)
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7,622,575 | 8,172,539 | (6.7 | )% | ||||||||
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Load
factor
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72.1 | % | 62.8 | % |
9.3
pts.
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Average
length of haul
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846 | 858 | (1.4 | )% | ||||||||
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Trips
flown
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88,406 | 94,606 | (6.6 | )% | ||||||||
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