Southwest Airlines Reports February Traffic

                 Southwest Airlines Reports February Traffic

PR Newswire

DALLAS, March 7, 2013

DALLAS, March 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV)
announced today that the Company flew 7.1 billion revenue passenger miles
(RPMs) in February 2013, a 2.3 percent decrease from the 7.2 billion RPMs
flown in February 2012.  Available seat miles (ASMs) decreased 3.1 percent to
9.3 billion from the February 2012 level of 9.6 billion.  The February 2013
load factor was 75.8 percent, compared to 75.2 percent in February 2012.  For
February 2013, passenger revenue per ASM (PRASM) is estimated to have
increased approximately two percent compared to February 2012.

For the first two months of 2013, the Company flew 14.3 billion RPMs, compared
to 14.6 billion RPMs flown for the same period in 2012, a decrease of 2.0
percent.  Available seat miles decreased 1.3 percent to 19.3 billion from the
2012 level of 19.5 billion.  The year-to-date load factor was 74.2 percent,
compared to 74.8 percent for the same period in 2012. 

This release, as well as past news releases about Southwest Airlines Co., is
available online at southwest.com.    

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.
PRELIMINARY COMPARATIVE TRAFFIC STATISTICS             
                               FEBRUARY
                               2013        2012        CHANGE
Revenue passengers carried     7,626,394   7,979,069   (4.4)%
Enplaned passengers            9,245,498   9,646,628   (4.2)%
Revenue passenger miles (000)  7,059,577   7,228,029   (2.3)%
Available seat miles (000)     9,308,084   9,605,490   (3.1)%
Load factor                    75.8%       75.2%        0.6 pts 
Average length of haul         926         906         2.2 %
Trips flown                    96,804      105,203     (8.0)%
                               YEAR-TO-DATE
                               2013        2012        CHANGE
Revenue passengers carried     15,311,221  15,967,260  (4.1)%
Enplaned passengers            18,673,980  19,419,560  (3.8)%
Revenue passenger miles (000)  14,313,951  14,608,019  (2.0)%
Available seat miles (000)     19,290,459  19,541,525  (1.3)%
Load factor                    74.2%       74.8%        (0.6) pts 
Average length of haul         935         915         2.2 %
Trips flown                    202,121     215,207     (6.1)%

 

 

 

SOURCE Southwest Airlines Co.

Website: http://www.southwest.com
Contact: Investor Relations, (214) 792-4415