Jan 26 (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Co:

* SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CEO SAYS WE ARE INTENSELY FOCUSED ON REDUCING THE RISK OF REPEATING THAT TYPE OF OPERATIONAL EVENT, AGAIN, LIKE WE HAD LAST MONTH

* SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CEO SAYS WE ARE HIGHLY FOCUSED ON OUR CUSTOMERS, OUR PLAN GOING FORWARD, AND CUSTOMER REFUNDS AND REIMBURSEMENTS REMAIN A TOP FOCUS

* SOUTHWEST CEO SAYS BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW AT THIS POINT, OUR PROCESSES AND TECHNOLOGY GENERALLY WORKED AS DESIGNED

* SOUTHWEST CEO SAYS WE WERE HIT BY AN OVERWHELMING VOLUME OF CLOSE-END CANCELLATIONS

* SOUTHWEST CEO SAYS CANCELLATIONS PUT US BEHIND IN CREATING CREW SOLUTIONS, WHICH, IN TURN, PUSHED US TO MANUAL EFFORTS AND SOLUTIONS

* SOUTHWEST CEO- CO CREATED AN EARLY INDICATOR DASHBOARD THAT CLOSELY MONITORS OPERATIONAL HEALTH, SIGNALS AN ALERT IF WE APPROACH PREDEFINED OPERATIONAL THRESHOLDS

* SOUTHWEST CEO-ESTABLISHED SUPPLEMENTAL OPERATIONAL STAFFING THAT CAN QUICKLY MOBILIZE TO SUPPORT CREW RECOVERY EFFORTS AT FIRST SIGN OF A POTENTIAL WORKLOAD BACKLOG

* SOUTHWEST CEO-WE ENHANCED OUR EXISTING TOOLS FOR CREW MEMBERS TO COMMUNICATE ELECTRONICALLY TO CREW SCHEDULING DURING IRREGULAR OPERATIONS

* SOUTHWEST CEO-WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SWIFTLY UPDATING AND UPGRADING OUR CREW RECOVERY TOOLS AND SYSTEMS

* SOUTHWEST CEO-OLIVER WYMAN'S REVIEW WORK WILL CONCLUDE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS

* SOUTHWEST CEO-WITH THAT ASSESSMENT AND OUR OWN, WE WILL REASSESS OUR 2023 PLANS

* SOUTHWEST CEO- WE CONTINUE HIRING THIS YEAR TO BE PROPERLY STAFFED FOR OUR 2023 FLIGHT SCHEDULES

* SOUTHWEST CEO-WITH SHORT-TERM MITIGATION ELEMENTS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE, BELIEVE WE ARE WELL PREPARED TO EXECUTE OUR NETWORK RESTORATION PLANS IN 2023

* SOUTHWEST EXEC-WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN THE FLIGHT NETWORK AND SCHEDULES WE HAVE PUBLISHED FOR SALE

* SOUTHWEST EXEC-WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN OUR AIRCRAFT NETWORK

* SOUTHWEST EXEC-WE HAVE A SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT THAT WE CALL THE BAKER THAT PRODUCES NEW AIRCRAFT SOLUTIONS DURING IRREGULAR OPERATIONS

* SOUTHWEST EXEC-AT NO TIME DURING THE DISRUPTION DID THE POINT-TO-POINT JOURNEYS OF THE AIRCRAFT PRESENT US WITH AN UNSOLVABLE PROBLEM

* SOUTHWEST EXEC-FOR OUR CREW NETWORK, THE FUNCTIONAL GAP THAT WAS REVEALED IN OUR CREW SCHEDULING SOFTWARE IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING ADDRESSED

* SOUTHWEST EXEC-EACH DEPARTMENT HAS UNDERTAKEN OWN ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY MORE MEASURES DEPARTMENTS CAN MAKE TO IMPROVE MANAGEMENT OF SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS

* SOUTHWEST EXEC-SOME EXAMPLES OF THE DEPARTMENT EFFORTS INCLUDE IMPLEMENTING A NEW CREW SCHEDULING PHONE SYSTEM TARGETED FOR Q1 OF 2023

* SOUTHWEST EXEC-THE DECEMBER EVENTS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH STAFFING LEVELS OR OUR CAPACITY PLANS

* SOUTHWEST EXEC- OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THE NETWORK FULLY RESTORED BY THE END OF 2023

* SOUTHWEST EXEC- WE PLAN TO CONTINUE OUR INVESTMENT IN THE NETWORK THIS YEAR

* SOUTHWEST EXEC-WE WILL PEAK WITH TOTAL DAILY FLIGHTS OF NEARLY 4,400 IN JULY 2023

* SOUTHWEST CFO SAYS EAGER TO WRAP UP ALL OPEN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH LABOR GROUPS

* SOUTHWEST EXEC SAYS COMPLETED MORE THAN 80% REIMBURSEMENT REQUESTS FROM CUSTOMERS

* SOUTHWEST EXEC SAYS WE PROCESSED ALL BAGS FOR RETURN TO CUSTOMERS

* SOUTHWEST EXEC SAYS WE PROCESSED NEARLY ALL CUSTOMER REFUNDS

* SOUTHWEST EXEC SAYS WE'RE PROCESSING THE REMAINING REIMBURSEMENT REQUESTS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND PLAN TO HAVE THOSE LARGELY COMPLETED BY NEXT WEEK

* SOUTHWEST EXEC SAYS WE CONTINUE TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT OUR 2023 REVENUE PLAN

* SOUTHWEST EXEC SAYS BOOKING TRENDS HAVE IMPROVED SEQUENTIALLY THIS MONTH

* SOUTHWEST EXEC SAYS WE BELIEVE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE FIRST QUARTER IMPACT IS ISOLATED TO JANUARY AND FEBRUARY TRAVEL

* SOUTHWEST EXEC SAYS WE EXPECT MARCH 2023 MANAGED BUSINESS REVENUES TO BE ROUGHLY RESTORED TO PRE-PANDEMIC 2019 LEVELS

* SOUTHWEST EXEC SAYS WE CONTINUE TO SEE NO NOTICEABLE SIGNS OF A SLOWDOWN IN MACRO TRAVEL DEMAND AND OUR BOOKING TRENDS

* SOUTHWEST EXEC SAYS WE STILL BELIEVE THERE IS STRONG DEMAND AHEAD OF US

* SOUTHWEST EXEC SAYS IT'S A STRONG FARE ENVIRONMENT NOW, AND I EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE

* SOUTHWEST CFO SAYS CUSTOMER REIMBURSEMENTS AND RAPID REWARD POINTS MADE THE LION'S SHARE OF $390 MILLION COST IMPACT IN Q4

* SOUTHWEST CFO SAYS 25% OF CUSTOMERS WHO WERE ISSUED RAPID REWARD POINTS AFTER DECEMBER DISRUPTION HAVE FUTURE TRAVEL BOOKED ON SOUTHWEST AIRLINES Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: