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Wright Amendment
Wright Amendment
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The Wright Amendment
February 23, 2005
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and for all the dispute that has raged in the Dallas/Fort
Worth area for many years. Now, TI [Texas International]
seeks to reopen that fight and upset the delicate balance which
has brought peace for the first time in over a decade.
Congressional intent to the contrary is clear. Southwest does not
object to TI using Love for intrastate flights (which apparently is
all it wants to do) so long as the law is obeyed and TIs certificate
properly reflects what It may and may not do. There is simply
no reason for the [Civil Aeronautics] Board to raise again
the spectre of full scale commercial use of Love Field
which has exacerbated this situation for so long, and
which Congress has been to such pains to exorcise.
Motion of Southwest Airlines Co. for Leave to File an Otherwise Unauthorized
Document in Civil Aeronautics Boards Review of Texas International Airlines, Inc.
proposed service at Love Field filed August 23, 1980, by Paul Y. Seligson, Attorney for
Southwest Airlines Co. (emphasis added).
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DenverStapleton closed
Seattle/TacomaKing County Boeing Field limited to GA
Minneapolis/St. PaulSt. Paul Downtown airport limited to GA
Kansas CityCharles B. Wheeler Field limited to GA
DetroitDetroit City Airport limited to GA and limited freighter service
AustinRobert Mueller Field closed
ClevelandLakefront Airport restricted to GA, limited charter, and
military
Washington D.C. DullesReagan Airport limited to defined perimeter
Northwest ArkansasDrake Field limited to GA
Ft. Myers (Regional Southwest Airport)Page Field limited to GA
Killeen (Robert Gray Airport)Killeen Municipal limited to GA
Alexandria, LAEsler Field limited to GA
Toronto, Montreal, Tokyo, Milan, Parisupon building of new airports in
these cities, heavy restrictions were placed on close-in city airports.
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