Southwest Airlines Commercial Song | Whales

If you set out to sea in search of whales, only to hear the captain announce, “Sorry folks, no whales today,” you might find yourself thinking that, were they Southwest whales, they’d surely be right on schedule.

That tongue-in-cheek notion reflects the message from Southwest Airlines, which highlights its operational reliability. According to the airline, it recorded the fewest cancellations based on data from the U.S. Department of Transportation, as cited in The Wall Street Journal’s Best and Worst Airlines of 2025 rankings, an evaluation built on seven equally weighted performance metrics across nine major U.S. carriers.

The 15-second spot concludes with a confident on-screen claim: “Most reliable airline Ranked #1 in the U.S. by the Wall Street Journal.”

The song featured in the commercial is Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones.