SOUTHWEST AIRLINES REINSTATES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND

DALLAS, Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) (the “Firm”) introduced that its Board of Administrators (the “Board”), on the shut of enterprise yesterday, reinstated and declared a quarterly money dividend of $.18 per share to Shareholders of file on the shut of enterprise on January 10, 2023, on all shares then issued and excellent. Except for the time interval from early 2020 by means of third quarter 2022—when the Firm’s dividend was suspended because of the uncertainties of the pandemic and the necessities of the Firm’s Coronavirus Assist, Aid, and Financial Safety Act (CARES Act) financings—the quarterly dividend declared on December 6, 2022 represents the Firm’s 175^th quarterly dividend relationship again greater than 40 years. The Firm’s quarterly dividend of $.18 per share, or $.72 per share annualized, is equal to its dividend previous to…