SPECIMEN CERT. COMMON STOCK

EXHIBIT 4.2


INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN
OF THE STATE OF TEXAS DALLAS, TEXAS AND NEW YORK, NEW YORK


COMMON STOCK CUSIP 844741 10 8

PAR VALUE $1.00 EACH SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS



SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.

THIS CERTIFIES THAT

SPECIMEN

IS THE OWNER OF

FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK OF

Southwest Airlines Co. transferable on the books of the Corporation by the
holder hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this
Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate and the shares represented
hereby are issued and shall be subject to all the provisions of the Articles of
Incorporation of the Corporation, as now or hereafter amended, to all of which
the holder hereof by acceptance hereof assents. This Certificate is not valid
unless countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registar.

Witness the facsimile seal of the Corporation and the
facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers.

[SEAL APPEARS HERE]

DATED:


/s/ Herbert D. Kelleher COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Continental Stock Transfer
AND PRESIDENT and Trust Co. TRANSFER AGENT
AND REGISTRAR


/s/ Colleen C. Barrett AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE
SECRETARY



SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.

Reference is made to Article Four of the Articles of Incorporation of
the corporation, and all amendments thereto, now or hereafter on file with the
Secretary of State of the State of Texas, for a statement of the designations,
preferences, limitations, and relative rights of the shares of each class of
stock authorized to be issued by the Corporation and the denial of pre-emptive
rights of shareholders.

Copies of such Articles of Incorporation, as amended, are also on file
with each Transfer Agent, and copies thereof may be obtained by any shareholder,
without charge, from the Corporation or from any such Transfer Agent.

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations;

TEN COM -as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT-- .....Custodian....
TEN ENT -as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor)
JT TEN -as joint tenants with right under Uniform
of survivorship and not as Gifts to Minors
tenants in common Act..........
(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the
above list.

For Value Received, _________________________________ hereby sell,
assign and transfer unto

[_________________]_____________________________________________________________
(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESSEE,
INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)


________________________________________________________________________________

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_________________________________________________________________________ Shares
of the capital stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint

_______________________________________________________________________ Attorney
to transfer the said stock on the books of the within named Corporation with
full power of substitution in the premises.


Dated _______________________


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NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH
THE NAME AS WRITTEN UP ON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE
IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT
OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER