Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) reported quarterly earnings of $0.45 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $0.47 by 4.26 percent. This is a 446.15 percent increase over losses of $(0.13) per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $7.249 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $7.265 billion by 0.22 percent. This is a 12.77 percent increase over sales of $6.428 billion the same period last year.