Southwest Airlines Co. announced today that the Company flew 3.1 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in November 1999, a 23.9 percent increase from the 2.5 billion RPMs flown in November 1998. Available seat miles (ASMs) increased 13.9 percent to 4.5 billion from the November 1998 level of 4.0 billion. The load factor for the month was 69.8 percent, up 5.7 points from 1998.

For the eleven months ended November 30, 1999, Southwest flew 33.4 billion RPMs, compared with the 28.8 billion RPMs recorded for the same period of 1998, an increase of 16.0 percent. Available seat miles increased 10.9 percent to 48.1 billion from the 1998 level of 43.4 billion. The year-to-date load factor was 69.4 percent, up 3.0 points from the same period last year.

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Southwest Airlines Co.
Comparative Traffic Statistics
November 1999

	NOVEMBER
	1999	1998	CHANGE
Revenue passengers carried	5,041,519	4,421,744	14.0 %
Revenue passenger miles (000)	3,147,262	2,539,175	23.9 %
Available seat miles (000)	4,511,622	3,962,539	13.9 %
Load factor	69.8%	64.1%	5.7 pts.
Average length of haul	624	574	8.7 %
Trips flown	70,569	66,158	6.7 %
	YEAR-TO-DATE
	1999	1998	CHANGE
Revenue passengers carried	52,773,944	48,243,921	9.4 %
Revenue passenger miles (000)	33,410,191	28,810,487	16.0 %
Available seat miles (000)	48,107,582	43,381,870	10.9 %
Load factor	69.4%	66.4%	3.0 pts.
Average length of haul	633	597	6.0 %
Trips flown	773,153	738,239	4.7 %

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