Southwest Airlines income statement
In fiscal 2025, Southwest Airlines reported revenue of $28.06bn, up 2.1% on the year before, operating income of $428m (a 1.5% margin) and net income of $441m, or $0.79 per diluted share. Every line below comes from the company's 10-K and 10-Q filings; column headings link to the filing.
Income statement
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 10.4 | 12.1 | 15.7 | 17.1 | 17.7 | 18.6 | 19.8 | 20.4 | 21.2 | 22.0 | 22.4 | 9.0 | 15.8 | 23.8 | 26.1 | 27.5 | 28.1 | 31.5 |
| Operating income | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.0 | −3.8 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.4 |
| Interest expense | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | — | — | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Income before tax | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.0 | −4.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.4 |
| Income tax | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.3 | −0.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | −1.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Net income | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 2.3 | −3.1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| Diluted EPS | $0.13 | $0.61 | $0.23 | $0.56 | $1.05 | $1.64 | $3.27 | $3.45 | $5.57 | $4.29 | $4.27 | −$5.44 | $1.61 | $0.87 | $0.76 | $0.76 | $0.79 | $2.03 |
| Diluted shares (average) | 741m | 747m | 775m | 757m | 718m | 696m | 669m | 633m | 603m | 574m | 539m | 565m | 609m | 642m | 640m | 643m | 558m | 518m |
| EBITDA | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.2 | −2.6 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 6,930 | 6,428 | 7,244 | 6,949 | 7,442 | 7,249 | 8,432 | 8,422 |
| Operating income | 278 | −223 | 225 | 35 | 391 | 330 | 285 | 379 |
| Interest expense | 58 | 46 | 39 | 35 | 47 | 54 | 64 | 70 |
| Income before tax | 329 | −192 | 280 | 68 | 408 | 285 | 306 | 355 |
| Income tax | 68 | −43 | 67 | 14 | 85 | 58 | 73 | 85 |
| Net income | 261 | −149 | 213 | 54 | 323 | 227 | 233 | 270 |
| Diluted EPS | $0.42 | −$0.26 | $0.39 | $0.10 | $0.58 | $0.45 | $0.47 | $0.55 |
| EBITDA | 685 | 173 | 625 | 429 | 762 | 728 | 687 | 777 |
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