Southwest Airlines carried around 137.28 million paying passengers in 2023. This was a significant increase compared to last three years, when passenger numbers had been impacted by travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Southwest Airlines' revenue passengers carried from FY 2011 to FY 2023
(in millions)
Revenue passengers are defined as the number of paying passengers flown on all flight segments. Values were rounded. Figures prior to 2022 were taken from previous editions.
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