Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) has been invited to speak at the Credit Suisse Global Airline Conference. Credit Suisse will be webcasting the audio presentation live, and a link to the webcast will be made available via the Investor Relations homepage on the Southwest Airlines website. Details of the audio webcast are as follows:

Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Time: 11:55 a.m. Eastern Time

Speaker: Gary Kelly, Chairman, President and CEO

Web Address: http://www.southwest.com

Contact: Investor Relations (214) 792-441

To access the Investor Relations homepage, click on "About Southwest" and select Investor Relations from the "About SWA" sidebar menu. If you are unable to participate during the live audio webcast, a replay will be available on the Events Calendar in the Investor Relations section of our website.

Minimum Requirements to listen to broadcast:

The Windows Media Player software, downloadable free from http://www.microsoft.com, and at least a 56K bps connection to the Internet. If you experience problems listening to the webcast, click on the help menu in the webcast browser.

SOURCE
Southwest Airlines Co.

CONTACT:
Investor Relations of Southwest Airlines Co., +1-214-792-4415