Southwest has overhauled its long-time business model, seeking to surge revenue with checked bag fees and seat assignment fees.

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The airline reported that revenue-quarter period rose nearly 13% to $7.25 billion. This also touches on aspects of earnings report.

Southwest Airlines forecast second-quarter earnings below analyst estimates, citing higher fuel prices, while holding off on updating its full-year 2026 forecast.

Southwest expects to earn between 35 cents and 65 cents a share in the current quarter, while analysts polled by LSEG expected 55 cents a share.

The airline in January forecast earnings per share of $4 this year, saying that it expected its latest initiatives would pay off. Southwest has sought to expansion revenue with checked bag fees and seat assignment fees.

“Achieving this outcome would require lower fuel prices and/or stronger revenue performance to offset higher fuel expense. The Enterprise expects to provide updates to this guidance as appropriate,” Southwest remarked in an earnings release Wednesday.

Airlines have been either cutting their full-year forecasts or holding off on further forecasts because of volatile prices for jet fuel, generally their biggest expense after labor. They are also pulling back on their capacity growth plans to cut costs, which can drive up airfare when fewer seats are for sale.

Southwest commented it expects its capacity to be flat to up no more than 1% in the second quarter, and unit revenues to rise by 16.5% to as much as 18.5% over last year.

Customers have shown they willing to keep booking despite higher fares, CEO Bob Jordan told reporters on Wednesday after the business reported results.

“Demand is really strong … strong in every sector,” he stated.

Here’s what the business reported for first quarter compared with Wall Street expectations, according to consensus estimates from LSEG:

Revenue: $7.25 billion vs. $7.27 billion expected

Southwest swung to a earnings of $227 million, or 45 cents a share in the first quarter, compared with a $149 million shortfall, or a shortfall of 26 cents per share, a year earlier.

Revenue rose nearly 13% to $7.25 billion compared with $6.43 billion in the year-earlier period.