8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):  December 6, 2011

Southwest Airlines Co.

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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Texas	1-7259	74-1563240
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(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

P. O. Box 36611, Dallas, Texas	75235-1611
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(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:   (214) 792-4000

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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

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Item 7.01                      Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 6, 2011, the Registrant issued a press release announcing its traffic results for November 2011.  The press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01.

The information furnished in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01                      Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits:

99.1 Registrant’s November 2011 Traffic Release.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.
December 6, 2011	By	/s/   Laura Wright
		Laura Wright
		Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial and
		Accounting Officer)

Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Registrant's November 2011 Traffic Release.

EX-99.1

CONTACT:  Investor Relations (214) 792-4415

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES REPORTS NOVEMBER TRAFFIC

DALLAS, TEXAS – December 6, 2011 – Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) today reported November 2011 combined traffic results for Southwest Airlines and AirTran.  AirTran became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Southwest Airlines Co. (“the Company”) on May 2, 2011.  For purposes of comparability, the Company is providing combined traffic results for Southwest Airlines and AirTran for periods prior to the acquisition date.  See the accompanying tables for combined results.

               The Company flew 8.3 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in November 2011, compared to 8.1 billion combined RPMs flown in November 2010, an increase of 2.5 percent.  Available seat miles (ASMs) were 10.1 billion, an increase of 0.7 percent from November 2010 combined ASMs.  The load factor for November 2011 was 81.6 percent, compared to the combined load factor of 80.2 percent in November 2010.  For November 2011, passenger revenue per ASM (PRASM) is estimated to have increased approximately nine percent as compared to November 2010’s combined PRASM.

For the first eleven months of 2011, the Company flew 95.7 billion combined RPMs, compared to 89.4 billion combined RPMs flown for the same period in 2010, an increase of 7.0 percent.  The combined year-to-date ASMs increased 5.2 percent to 118.1 billion in 2011, compared to the combined level of 112.2 billion for the same period in 2010.  The combined year-to-date load factor was 81.0 percent, compared to the combined load factor of 79.7 percent for the same period in 2010.

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
	NOVEMBER
	2011			2010			CHANGE
Revenue passengers carried		9,153,216			8,999,778			1.7	%
Enplaned passengers		11,060,675			10,893,323			1.5	%
Revenue passenger miles (000)		8,276,333			8,072,614			2.5	%
Available seat miles (000)		10,144,618			10,069,557			0.7	%
Load factor		81.6	%		80.2	%	1.4 pts.
Average length of haul		904			897			0.8	%
Trips flown		111,628			111,908			(0.3	)%
	YEAR-TO-DATE
		2011			2010		CHANGE
Revenue passengers carried		101,208,134			98,704,454			2.5	%
Enplaned passengers		124,356,471			119,968,049			3.7	%
Revenue passenger miles (000)		95,669,147			89,374,130			7.0	%
Available seat miles (000)		118,063,325			112,194,997			5.2	%
Load factor		81.0	%		79.7	%	1.3 pts.
Average length of haul		945			905			4.4	%
Trips flown		1,284,687			1,253,323			2.5	%

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