Southwest Airlines has priced a $500 million unsecured bond issuance. The notes, due November 2029 and rated A3 by Moody’s, BBB+ by S&P and A- by Fitch, are priced at 2.625% coupon and 2.686% yield, and were offered at 99.468% par. The spread to treasuries is +103 basis points.
Joint bookrunners are Barclays, Citi and US Bancorp. Co-managers are Comerica Securities and Drexel Hamilton.