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Southwest Airlines (LUV): Cuba Exposure Check

Independent audit of Southwest Airlines's exposure to Cuba — OFAC SDN matches, Helms-Burton Title III risk, SEC filings, and the Cuban Insights news corpus.

Historical exposure

Southwest Airlines has historical Cuba exposure that has been wound down or written off.

Southwest operated FLL/TPA–HAV scheduled service 2016-2019 under DOT route awards before exiting Cuba routes when authorized-travel demand fell after CACR amendments.

Ticker
LUV
S&P 500 sector
Industrials
Headquarters
Dallas , Texas
OFAC matches
0
EDGAR filings
4
Last refreshed
2026-07-20

OFAC Cuba SDN matches

No entry on the OFAC Cuba SDN list contains Southwest Airlines as of the most recent OFAC scrape. Always re-verify with OFAC Sanctions Search before transacting.

SEC filings disclosing Cuba items

Southwest Airlines has filed 4 recent SEC documents containing references to Cuba, the CACR, Helms-Burton, GAESA, or related terms. These are the company's own disclosures.

8-K · 2025-11-03
SEC EDGAR · accession 0001193125-25-262544
10-Q · 2026-04-23
SEC EDGAR · accession 0000092380-26-000047
10-K · 2026-02-05
SEC EDGAR · accession 0000092380-26-000004
10-K · 2025-02-07
SEC EDGAR · accession 0000092380-25-000024

Federal Register & news corpus mentions

Cuban Insights indexes US Federal Register notices, the Gaceta Oficial and ANPP record, and the analyzed news corpus we republish daily. The following entries name Southwest Airlines alongside Cuba context:

Delta suspende sus vuelos desde Atlanta y reduce un 50% la frecuencia de Miami a
Press Rss · 2026-06-17

Cuban Insights analyst note

Southwest operated FLL/TPA–HAV scheduled service 2016-2019 under DOT route awards before exiting Cuba routes when authorized-travel demand fell after CACR amendments.

Methodology. This page combines four signals: (1) a hand-curated map of S&P 500 Cuba exposure maintained by Cuban Insights analysts; (2) fuzzy substring matching against every Cuba-program OFAC SDN designation and the State Department Cuba Restricted List (refreshed twice daily); (3) the SEC EDGAR full-text search across the company's 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 20-F, and 6-K filings for the past 24 months — including Helms-Burton Title III trafficking-claim disclosures; (4) a scan of our own analyzed-news corpus and US Federal Register notices. Last refreshed 2026-07-20. This is not legal or compliance advice; always verify with primary sources and qualified sanctions counsel before transacting.

Frequently asked questions

Is Southwest Airlines (LUV) sanctioned by OFAC?
As of July 2026, Southwest Airlines (LUV) is not listed on the OFAC CUBA-program SDN list. No direct or subsidiary entity match was found in our scan against the live US Treasury SDN feed. Note that the State Department's Cuba Restricted List and Cuba Prohibited Accommodations List apply separately and should be checked alongside the SDN. Always re-verify against the official OFAC Sanctions Search before relying on this for a compliance decision.
Does Southwest Airlines have Cuba revenue exposure?
Southwest Airlines has historical Cuba exposure that has been wound down or written off. Southwest operated FLL/TPA–HAV scheduled service 2016-2019 under DOT route awards before exiting Cuba routes when authorized-travel demand fell after CACR amendments.
Has Southwest Airlines disclosed Cuba in its SEC filings?
Southwest Airlines has filed 4 recent SEC documents containing Cuba-related references (searched across 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 20-F, and 6-K filings on EDGAR over the last 24 months — queries include 'Cuba', 'Helms-Burton', 'CACR', 'Cuba Restricted List', and 'Havana'). See the SEC filings section on the page for the matched excerpts and links to each filing.

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