Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) reported quarterly earnings of $0.94 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.51 by 84.31 percent. This is a 118.6 percent increase over earnings of $0.43 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $8.432 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $8.584 billion by 1.77 percent. This is a 16.46 percent increase over sales of $7.240 billion the same period last year.