Does Southwest Airlines support Israel?

We have not yet found publicly recorded donations from Southwest Airlines. Absence of records does not confirm absence of support.

Filed under: Hotels & travel companies · Companies that support Israel

Background

Southwest Airlines is a U.S. domestic and near-international carrier: it has never flown to Israel, has no operations there, and its SEC filings contain no mention of the country. No corporate donations, statements, or partnerships supporting Israel were found, and its PAC gives to U.S. federal and state candidates of both parties with no pro-Israel committees among recipients. In late 2023, pro-Palestinian activists in Boston named Southwest a boycott target — not over any activity in Israel, but because it ordered 108 Boeing 737 MAX 7 passenger jets in October 2023 while Boeing, a separate company, supplies arms to Israel. Southwest has operated an all-Boeing 737 fleet since its founding, and the order was a commercial purchase from Boeing's civilian-aircraft division.

Boeing (press release, 108-jet order, Oct 26 2023) BDS Boston (X post naming Southwest a boycott target) Wikipedia — List of Southwest Airlines destinations (no Israel service)

What we checked

• News & official statements — 2026-07-21
  Searched Southwest Airlines + Israel donations/statements/support including post-October 2023; nothing found. Coverage of U.S. airlines and Israel concerns Delta/United/American suspending Tel Aviv routes — Southwest has never served Israel.
• Nonprofit tax filings (Form 990) — 2026-07-21
  No corporate Southwest Airlines foundation exists in nonprofit records; ProPublica search returns only employee and union entities (SWAPA, Employees Catastrophic Assistance Charity, etc.), all focused on member/employee aid; no Israel-linked grantmaking found.
• SEC filings — 2026-07-21
  Full-text search of Southwest Airlines filings (CIK 92380): zero hits for 'israel'.
• Federal election records (FEC) — 2026-07-21
  Southwest Airlines Co. PAC (SWAPAC, C00341602): 2024 cycle (244 recipients) and 2026 cycle (177 recipients) disbursements reviewed — bipartisan federal/state candidate, party, and leadership committees; no pro-Israel committees identified among recipients.
• Independent fact-checkers — 2026-07-21
  Not on the BDS movement's priority-target list; the only boycott campaign found is BDS Boston's November 2023 #ByeBoeing action over Southwest's Boeing fleet order, addressed in context; no viral donation claims about Southwest and Israel found.
• usaspending — 2026-09-25
  Queried the USAspending.gov award API on 2026-09-25 for US federal contracts, grants and other awards to this company whose award text mentions Israel. It returned no awards.
• lobbying — 2026-09-25
  Searched the US Lobbying Disclosure Act database at lda.gov on 2026-09-25 for filings naming this company as the client whose reported lobbying issues mention Israel. No filings matched.
• ohchr — 2026-09-25
  Checked the UN OHCHR database of business enterprises involved in activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, report A/HRC/60/19, on 2026-09-25. This company is not listed in it.
• whoprofits — 2026-09-25
  Searched the Who Profits company index on 2026-09-25 — the research centre that documents corporate involvement in the Israeli occupation. This company has no profile there.

Frequently asked questions

Sources & citations

Record last updated: 2026-09-25

• Boeing (press release, 108-jet order, Oct 26 2023) boeing.mediaroom.com
• BDS Boston (X post naming Southwest a boycott target) x.com
• Wikipedia — List of Southwest Airlines destinations (no Israel service) en.wikipedia.org