Southwest applied to receive federal stimulus due to the impact of the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic on aviation .
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