Valentine’s Day came a bit early for Southwest Airlines employees, with the carrier announcing Thursday that they’ll be receiving an additional six weeks of pay through the company’s profit-sharing program.

Southwest’s nearly 54,000 employees will share in a $586 million payout, just off the record $620 million the carrier doled out last year. Southwest reported a record 2016 profit of $2.24 billion.

This year’s profit-sharing payment translates to about 13.2 percent additional pay for each Southwest employee. It’s the company’s 43rd consecutive year of profit-sharing.

“Our people-first approach, which has guided our company since it was founded, means when our company does well, our people do really, really well," Southwest CEO Gary Kelly said in a statement. "Our people work incredibly hard and deserve to share in Southwest's success."

Southwest implemented a new payment structure this year that will pay 10 percent of the profit-sharing into a retirement account and the remaining 3.2 percent in cash. Some union employees will receive the full amount as a retirement contribution, depending on their contract.

The payments will be made on April 20.

North Texas’ other carrier, American Airlines, will also be making a profit-sharing payout to its employees, its first since 2000. American’s employees will share in $314 million.