CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Published on March 28, 2000
EXHIBIT 23
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
(Forms S-8 Nos. 333-20275, 33-48178, 33-57327, 33-40652, 33-40653, 333-64431,
333-67627, 333-67631, 333-82735, and 333-89303, and Forms S-3 Nos. 333-29257 and
33-59113) of Southwest Airlines Co. and in the related Prospectuses of our
report dated January 18, 2000, with respect to the consolidated financial
statements of Southwest Airlines Co. included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K)
for the year ended December 31, 1999.
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
22
Dallas, Texas
March 24, 2000