We are proud to be recognized for our commitment to our Performance, our People, and our Planet.
Awards and Accolades
- Diversity Communications Winner for Join the Conversation: Southwest Airlines First Diversity Summit
- PR News
- Annual Report Winner for the 2009 Southwest Airlines One Report™, Corporate Social Responsibility Awards
- PR News
- Airline Environmental Rankings, #1 in North America, #4 in the world
- GREENHORIZON Aviation
- One of the World’s Most Admired Companies, #3 among airlines, #4 among all industries
- FORTUNE
- Service Elite Award*
- Customer Relationship Management magazine
- Best CEO*
- D CEO magazine
- Best Airline Serving Kansas City International Airport*
- Ingram’s magazine
- Editor’s Honors*
- Executive Travel
- Top Major North American Carrier, Flight Stats Ops Award*
- FlightStats.com
- Runner-Up for Marketer of the Year*
- Advertising Age
- Best Low-Cost Airline in North America*
- Business Traveler magazine
- Best Domestic Value, Best Domestic Luggage Policy, Best Check-in Experience, Top Website, and Best Domestic Consumer Ontime Estimates*
- Zagat
- Best North American Low-Cost Airline, Leading Edge Awards*
- Executive Travel
- EPA FORTUNE 500 Green Power Partners*
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- One of the Top 50 Most Socially Responsible Companies in the U.S., #44 overall, #21 in Workplace*
- Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship and the Reputation Institute
- Green Rankings of the 500 Largest Publicly Traded Companies in the U.S., #142*
- Newsweek
- American Customer Satisfaction Index, #1 among airlines*
- American Customer Satisfaction Index
- One of the 10 Companies that Treat You Right, #7 in the Customer Service Hall of Fame*
- MSN Money
- Most Generous (Frequent Flyer) Awards Availability*
- SmarterTravel.com
- Favorite Domestic Airline and Friendliest Domestic Flight Crews*
- SmarterTravel.com
- One of the Customer Service Champs, #24*
- Business Week
- One of the Diversity Elite 60*
- Hispanic Business magazine
- One of the Top 100 Military-Friendly Employers, #51*
- G.I. Jobs magazine
- Energy Star Label for the Southwest Airlines Headquarters
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Customer Service Champions
- J.D. Powers
- Greenest Airline
- ClimateCounts.org
- One of the Top Ten U.S. Business Thought Leaders, #3*
- TLG Communications
- Employee Choice Awards for Best Places to Work, #2 (only airline to make the list)*
- Glassdoor.com
- One of the Security 500*
- Security magazine
- Best Annual Report*
- IR Magazine
- All-America Executive Team, Best CEO and Best CFO in the Airline Sector*
- Institutional Investor magazine
- One of the Better Investing Top 100 Companies
- Better Investing
- Best Airlines List*
- Viewpoints.com
- Best Travel Company Grand Award Winner, American Brand Excellence Awards*
- City Business Journals Network
- Near Perfect Corporate Equality Index Score, 95/100*
- Human Rights Campaign
- Williams Trophy for Environmental Stewardship and Leadership in Required Navigation Performance*
- Washington Airports Task Force
- Airline of the Year and Excellence in Web & Technology Award*
- Express Delivery & Logistics Association
- Diamond Award (#1) for Performance and Value, Air Cargo Excellence Awards*
- Air Cargo World
- Quest for Quality Award*
- Logistics Management magazine
- Top-Rated Brand among U.S. Small- and Midsized- Business Owners and Top Executives*
- The Business Journals Digital Network
- One of the Top 20 Best Companies for Leadership, #2*
- Business Week
- Editor’s Choice Award, #12*
- Outside magazine
- Airline with the Most New Routes, U.S. Annie Prize*
- Anna Aero
- Wow Award for Southwest’s Porch in Bryant Park in New York City*
- PR News
- Best Corporate Blog, Inducted into PR News’ Hall of Fame*
- PR News
- One of the Best Places to Work in IT, #59*
- Computerworld
- One of the Top 10 Internships in America, Top 10 Best Perks*
- Vault.com
* Received in 2010