SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.
PRELIMINARY COMPARATIVE TRAFFIC STATISTICS
		MAY
		2013			2012			CHANGE
Revenue passengers carried		9,938,557			9,592,865			3.6	%
Enplaned passengers		12,043,070			11,719,287			2.8	%
Revenue passenger miles (000)		9,347,628			8,974,274			4.2	%
Available seat miles (000)		11,410,284			11,036,776			3.4	%
Load factor		81.9	%		81.3	%		0.6 pts
Average length of haul		941			936			0.5	%
Trips flown		115,713			118,403			(2.3)	%
		YEAR-TO-DATE
		2013			2012			CHANGE
Revenue passengers carried		44,416,375			44,449,719			(0.1)	%
Enplaned passengers		54,004,457			54,120,070			(0.2)	%
Revenue passenger miles (000)		41,840,267			41,269,623			1.4	%
Available seat miles (000)		53,444,839			52,464,179			1.9	%
Load factor		78.3	%		78.7	%		(0.4) pts
Average length of haul		942			928			1.5	%
Trips flown		548,119			567,879			(3.5)	%
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