---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000092380-25-000007"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LUV"
cik: "0000092380"
company_name: "SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO"
filed_at: "2025-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T06:17:21.185396+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Southwest Q4 net income $261M, record revenue $6.9B; launches $750M buyback

## Summary
- Q4 net income $261M ($0.42 diluted EPS); adjusted net income $356M ($0.56).
- Record Q4 operating revenue $6.9B (+1.6% YoY); full-year record $27.5B.
- RASM (ex-items) up 8.0% YoY in Q4; guides Q1 2025 RASM +5% to 7%.
- Announces $750M accelerated share repurchase; $250M already completed.
- 2025 capacity +1%–2% YoY; CASM-X guided +7%–9% in Q1, exiting year low-single digits.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000092380-25-000007
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LUV
- cik: 0000092380
- company_name: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO
- filed_at: 2025-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92380/000009238025000007/0000092380-25-000007-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92380/000009238025000007/luv-20250130.htm

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