Webcast Alert: Southwest Airlines Co. Annual Meeting of Shareholders

DALLAS, May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) invites you to listen to a live webcast presentation of its Annual Meeting of Shareholders. 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:         Wednesday, May 20, 2009

           Time:         10:00 a.m. Central Time

           Web Address:  www.southwest.com

           Contact:      Investor Relations (214) 792-4415

To access the live audio webcast on the Investor Relations homepage, click on “About Southwest” and select Investor Relations from the “About SWA” sidebar menu. A replay of the webcast will also be available on the Events Calendar in the Investor Relations section of www.southwest.com.

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, send an e-mail to: webcast@multivu.com.