Oct 14 (Reuters) - Elliott Investment Management has

informed Southwest Airlines ( LUV ) that it is requesting a

special shareholder meeting, Bloomberg News reported on Monday,

citing people with knowledge of the matter.

The hedge fund has launched a campaign to oust the carrier's

CEO, Bob Jordan, and other top executives, blaming them for the

company's underperformance.

It wants Southwest ( LUV ) to change the way it runs its business

and has laid out plans to replace two-thirds of the board's 15

directors.

Elliott and Southwest ( LUV ) did not immediately respond to

Reuters' requests for comments.

(Reporting by Utkarsh Shetti in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini

Ganguli)