The year 2011 was historic for Southwest Airlines. We celebrated our 40th
anniversary of providing low-fare, high quality commercial air service. We launched
an all new, industry-leading, frequent flyer program in March. We opened three new
cities: Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina; Charleston, South Carolina; and
Newark, New Jersey. We closed our acquisition of AirTran Airways on May 2, growing
our fleet by 140 aircraft, and extending our route network domestically and to the
Caribbean and Mexico. In December, we unveiled our fleet modernization plans,
which include an agreement with Boeing to serve as the launch customer of the
737 MAX aircraft. And, our operations improved in 2011, closing out the year with our
highest December ontime performance in 15 years.