Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) reported on Friday that it boarded a total of 8,255,414 passengers in November 2009, an increase of 10.8% compared to the same period of last year.

Revenue passenger miles for the month rose by 11.7% compared to November 2008, while available seat miles dropped by 7.7%, resulting in an improvement in load factor of 13.3 percentage points at 76.5%.