Southwest Airlines (LUV) 8-K Southwest Airlines Reports October Traffic

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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES REPORTS OCTOBER TRAFFIC

DALLAS, TEXAS – November 7, 2013 – Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) announced today that the Company flew 8.6 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in October2013, a 1.3 percent increase from the 8.5 billion RPMs flown in October2012. Available seat miles (ASMs) increased 2.4 percent to 10.8 billion from the October2012 level of 10.5 billion. The October2013 load factor was 79.9 percent, compared to 80.7 percent in October2012. For October2013, passenger revenue per ASM (PRASM) is estimated to have increased in the one to two percent range compared to October2012.

For the first ten months of 2013, the Company flew 87.3 billion RPMs, compared to 86.6 billion RPMs flown for the same period in 2012, an increase of 0.9 percent. Year-to-date ASMs increased 1.6 percent to 109.2 billion from 107.5 billion for the same period in 2012. The year-to-date load factor was 79.9 percent, compared to 80.5 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.

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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.
PRELIMINARY COMPARATIVE TRAFFIC STATISTICS
	OCTOBER
	2013		2012		CHANGE
Revenue passengers carried	9,024,564		9,147,369		(1.3)%
Enplaned passengers	11,171,314		11,262,984		(0.8)%
Revenue passenger miles (000)	8,610,484		8,497,347		1.3 %
Available seat miles (000)	10,782,383		10,527,246		2.4 %
Load factor	79.9	%	80.7	%	(0.8) pts
Average length of haul	954		929		2.7 %
Trips flown	108,462		111,863		(3.0)%
	YEAR-TO-DATE
	2013		2012		CHANGE
Revenue passengers carried	90,204,731		91,886,318		(1.8)%
Enplaned passengers	111,207,522		112,541,255		(1.2)%
Revenue passenger miles (000)	87,306,337		86,551,318		0.9 %
Available seat miles (000)	109,240,137		107,470,961		1.6 %
Load factor	79.9	%	80.5	%	(0.6) pts
Average length of haul	968		942		2.8 %
Trips flown	1,103,559		1,145,831		(3.7)%
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