Southwest Airlines Competitors and Similar CompaniesClear all
Southwest Airlines's competitors and similar companies include JetBlue Airways, Alaska Air Group, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines Group and Air France-KLM.
 Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines is a passenger airline company that provides air transportation services. |  United Airlines United Airlines (formerly known as United Continental Holdings) is a company that provides air transportation solutions. |  American Airlines Group American Airlines Group (AAG, formerly known as AMR Corporation) is a company that provides air transportation services. | |||||
Founding Date | Founding Date 1971 | Founding Date 1998 | Founding Date 1985 | Founding Date 1926 | Founding Date 1925 | Founding Date 1926 | Founding Date 2004 |
Type | Type Public | Type Public | Type Public | Type Public | Type Public | Type Public | Type Public |
Tags | |||||||
Locations | Locations Dallas, US HQ Dallas, US Dallas, US | Locations Long Island City, US HQ Cottonwood Heights, US Orlando, US | Locations Seattle, US HQ | Locations Chicago, US HQ | Locations Atlanta, US HQ Frankfurt Am Main, DE | Locations Fort Worth, US HQ Phoenix, US | Locations Paris, FR HQ Tremblay En France, FR |
Employees | Employees 72,790 | Employees 18,9712% decrease | Employees 26,0432% increase | Employees 113,2001% increase | Employees 103,000 | Employees 139,1004% increase | Employees 80,6751% increase |
Valuation ($) | Valuation ($) 16.9 b | Valuation ($) 1.7 b | Valuation ($) 5.9 b | Valuation ($) 25.3 b | Valuation ($) 26.4 b | Valuation ($) 6.7 b | Valuation ($) 2.6 b |
Financial | |||||||
Revenue (est.) | Revenue (est.) $28.1b (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) $9.1b (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) $14.2b (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) $59.1b (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) $63.4b (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) $54.6b (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) €29.6b (FY, 2025) |
Cost of goods | Cost of goods $8.6b (FY, 2025) | Cost of goods $6.4b (FY, 2025) | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods $21.5b (FY, 2025) | Cost of goods $18.2b (FY, 2025) | Cost of goods $24.7b (FY, 2025) | Cost of goods N/A |
Gross profit | Gross profit $19.4b (FY, 2025) | Gross profit $2.7b (FY, 2025) | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit $37.6b (FY, 2025) | Gross profit $45.2b (FY, 2025) | Gross profit $29.9b (FY, 2025) | Gross profit €33.3b (FY, 2025) |
Net income | Net income $441m (FY, 2025) | Net income ($602m) (FY, 2025) | Net income $100m (FY, 2025) | Net income $3.4b (FY, 2025) | Net income $5b (FY, 2025) | Net income $111m (FY, 2025) | Net income €1.7b (FY, 2025) |
Operating ⚠ | |||||||
Aircraft Fleet | Aircraft Fleet 817 (Q3, 2023) | Aircraft Fleet 267 (Q3, 2022) | Aircraft Fleet 295 (Q1, 2021) | Aircraft Fleet 1.3 k (FY, 2022) | Aircraft Fleet N/A | Aircraft Fleet 1.5 k (Q3, 2023) | Aircraft Fleet 540 (Q2, 2023) |
Available Seat Miles | Available Seat Miles 44.2 b (Q3, 2023) | Available Seat Miles 16.2 b (Q3, 2022) | Available Seat Miles 10.4 b (Q1, 2021) | Available Seat Miles 78.3 b (Q3, 2023) | Available Seat Miles 66.2 b (Q2, 2017) | Available Seat Miles 73.3 b (Q3, 2023) | Available Seat Miles N/A |
Average Fuel Cost Per Gallon | Average Fuel Cost Per Gallon N/A | Average Fuel Cost Per Gallon $3.8 (Q3, 2022) | Average Fuel Cost Per Gallon N/A | Average Fuel Cost Per Gallon $3 (Q3, 2023) | Average Fuel Cost Per Gallon $1.6 (Q2, 2017) | Average Fuel Cost Per Gallon $2.9 (Q3, 2023) | Average Fuel Cost Per Gallon N/A |
Average Stage Length, miles | Average Stage Length, miles 735 (Q3, 2023) | Average Stage Length, miles 1.2 k (Q3, 2022) | Average Stage Length, miles N/A | Average Stage Length, miles 1.4 k (FY, 2022) | Average Stage Length, miles N/A | Average Stage Length, miles N/A | Average Stage Length, miles N/A |
Cargo Tonne Miles | Cargo Tonne Miles N/A | Cargo Tonne Miles N/A | Cargo Tonne Miles N/A | Cargo Tonne Miles 3 b (FY, 2022) | Cargo Tonne Miles 2 b (Y, 2016) | Cargo Tonne Miles N/A | Cargo Tonne Miles N/A |
Cost per Available Seat Mile | Cost per Available Seat Mile N/A | Cost per Available Seat Mile $0.1 (Q3, 2022) | Cost per Available Seat Mile N/A | Cost per Available Seat Mile $0.2 (Q3, 2023) | Cost per Available Seat Mile $0.1 (Q2, 2017) | Cost per Available Seat Mile N/A | Cost per Available Seat Mile N/A |
Daily Flights | Daily Flights N/A | Daily Flights 1 k (FY, 2019) | Daily Flights 1.3 k (FY, 2019) | Daily Flights N/A | Daily Flights 15 k (Y, 2016) | Daily Flights N/A | Daily Flights N/A |
Destinations | Destinations 121 (FY, 2022) | Destinations 98 (FY, 2020) | Destinations 115 (FY, 2020) | Destinations N/A | Destinations 323 (Y, 2016) | Destinations N/A | Destinations N/A |
Fuel Consumed, gallons | Fuel Consumed, gallons 557 m (Q3, 2023) | Fuel Consumed, gallons 215 m (Q3, 2022) | Fuel Consumed, gallons 126 m (Q1, 2021) | Fuel Consumed, gallons 1.1 b (Q3, 2023) | Fuel Consumed, gallons 1 b (Q2, 2017) | Fuel Consumed, gallons 1.1 b (Q3, 2023) | Fuel Consumed, gallons N/A |
Mainline Aircraft in Fleet | Mainline Aircraft in Fleet N/A | Mainline Aircraft in Fleet N/A | Mainline Aircraft in Fleet 201 (Q1, 2021) | Mainline Aircraft in Fleet 868 (FY, 2022) | Mainline Aircraft in Fleet 847 (Q2, 2017) | Mainline Aircraft in Fleet 925 (FY, 2022) | Mainline Aircraft in Fleet N/A |
Passenger Load Factor | Passenger Load Factor 0.8 (Q3, 2023) | Passenger Load Factor 0.9 (Q3, 2022) | Passenger Load Factor 0.5 (Q1, 2021) | Passenger Load Factor 0.9 (Q3, 2023) | Passenger Load Factor 0.9 (Q2, 2017) | Passenger Load Factor 0.8 (Q3, 2023) | Passenger Load Factor 0.9 (Q2, 2023) |
Passenger Revenue per Available Seat Mile | Passenger Revenue per Available Seat Mile $0.1 (Q3, 2023) | Passenger Revenue per Available Seat Mile N/A | Passenger Revenue per Available Seat Mile N/A | Passenger Revenue per Available Seat Mile $0.2 (Q3, 2023) | Passenger Revenue per Available Seat Mile N/A | Passenger Revenue per Available Seat Mile $0.2 (Q3, 2023) | Passenger Revenue per Available Seat Mile N/A |
Passengers | Passengers 35.3 m (Q3, 2023) | Passengers 10.5 m (Q3, 2022) | Passengers 4.7 m (Q1, 2021) | Passengers 44.4 m (Q3, 2023) | Passengers 183.7 m (Y, 2016) | Passengers 199 m (FY, 2022) | Passengers 24.7 m (Q2, 2023) |
Regional Aircraft in Fleet | Regional Aircraft in Fleet N/A | Regional Aircraft in Fleet N/A | Regional Aircraft in Fleet N/A | Regional Aircraft in Fleet 470 (FY, 2022) | Regional Aircraft in Fleet N/A | Regional Aircraft in Fleet 536 (FY, 2022) | Regional Aircraft in Fleet N/A |
Revenue Passenger Miles | Revenue Passenger Miles 35.6 b (Q3, 2023) | Revenue Passenger Miles 14 b (Q3, 2022) | Revenue Passenger Miles 5.4 b (Q1, 2021) | Revenue Passenger Miles 67.7 b (Q3, 2023) | Revenue Passenger Miles 57.6 b (Q2, 2017) | Revenue Passenger Miles 61.6 b (Q3, 2023) | Revenue Passenger Miles N/A |
Revenue per Available Seat Mile | Revenue per Available Seat Mile $0.1 (Q3, 2023) | Revenue per Available Seat Mile $0.1 (Q3, 2022) | Revenue per Available Seat Mile $0.1 (Q1, 2021) | Revenue per Available Seat Mile N/A | Revenue per Available Seat Mile N/A | Revenue per Available Seat Mile $0.2 (Q3, 2023) | Revenue per Available Seat Mile N/A |
Funding | |||||||
Total funding raised | Total funding raised $ 1.9b | Total funding raised $ 175.3m | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised $ 875.6m |
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