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EXCEL - IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT - SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COFinancial_Report.xls
EX-31.2 - EXHIBIT 31.2 CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER - SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COex31_2.htm
10-Q - 3RD QUARTER 2009 FORM 10Q - SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COform10q.htm
EX-31.1 - EXHIBIT 31.1 CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER - SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COex31_1.htm
Exhibit 32.1


CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Southwest Airlines Co. (the “Company”) for the period ended September 30, 2009 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), Gary C. Kelly, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Laura H. Wright, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, each certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)           The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2)           The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


Date:  October 21, 2009
By:
/s/ Gary C. Kelly
 
Gary C. Kelly
 
Chief Executive Officer
   
   
   
   

By:
/s/ Laura H. Wright
 
Laura H. Wright
 
Chief Financial Officer