On April 23rd , although Southwest received government aid , Kelly warned the employees of the long term effect of the Airline 's losses .
Although the airline received US $ 3.29 million in U.S. government pandemic relief aid , Kelly warned employees on 23 April that `` if things don ’ t change dramatically over the May–June-July time periods , we ’ ll have to prepare ourselves for a drastically smaller airline . ''
Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on aviation