Southwest Airlines reported a $220M loss, or 37 cents a share, for its Q4 earnings following the collapse of its systems over the holidays.

 

Southwest Airlines reported a $220M loss, or 37 cents a share, for its Q4 earnings following the collapse of its systems over the holidays.

 The airline posted a profit of $514M in Q4 2021. Southwest generated record revenue of $6.2B in Q4, up 22% from last year and ~8% from 2019.


  • Full-year 2022 revenue was $23.8B, another record, up 6.2% from 2019.
    • Full-year net income came in at $539M or 87 cents per share.
  • The airline canceled more than 17,000 flights from late December into early January and took an $800M hit from the mass cancellations.
    • Southwest canceled about 16,700 from Dec. 21 through Dec. 31.
  • The U.S. Department of Transportation is investigating Southwest over the system's failure.
  • Southwest said it has seen an increase in flight cancellations and slowed bookings for January and February travel, for which it faults the disruptions in December.
    • The airline noted that bookings trends for March look positive.
  • The airline expects Q1 2023 revenue to increase by 20% to 24% compared to Q1 2022, with a 10% increase in capacity.
  • Southwest shares were down nearly 4% during afternoon trading on Thursday.

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