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  • Love Field deal could hinge on gates

    03/27/2006 8:41:49 PM PST · by txroadkill · 8 replies · 410+ views
    The Dallas Morning News ^ | March 27, 2006 | EMILY RAMSHAW and SUZANNE MARTA
    A majority of the Dallas City Council supports either an immediate or eventual full repeal of the Wright amendment – as long as some gates at Love Field are eliminated, District 10 representative Bill Blaydes said Monday. "There is a general consensus across the council that we're willing to give up some of the gates, and the mayor seems to be buying into it," Mr. Blaydes said. But most of his colleagues declined to take a public stand on the flight restrictions on Monday. And Mayor Laura Miller, who as early as last fall suggested demolishing the gates in the...
  • Congress to exempt Missouri from Love Field limits

    11/11/2005 5:14:27 PM PST · by Paleo Conservative · 39 replies · 1,064+ views
    Reuters ^ | Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:31 PM ET | Staff
    WASHINGTON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Congressional negotiators agreed on Thursday to exempt Missouri from restrictions on direct air service from Dallas Love Field to several states, an issue that has Texas rivals' Southwest Airlines and American Airlines locked in a bitter fight. House-Senate lawmakers hammering out details of a spending bill for transportation and treasury programs agreed to the Missouri exemption to a 26-year-old law called the Wright Amendment. The exemption was sponsored by Sen. Christopher Bond, a Missouri Republican. Congress has approved similar waivers for other states in the past. Budget powerhouse Southwest wants the Wright Amendment repealed to...