Southwest Airlines Considering Operations At DFW Airport

Southwest Airlines wants access to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to meet metroplex demand. Southwest currently uses Dallas

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Love Field Airport, but its limited capacity means it will need to find other choices as it grows in the area.

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Southwest Airlines is considering a “moderate” presence at DFW. The airline has served the metro area

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for 50 years through Dallas Love Field Airport, but capacity difficulties have forced it to look elsewhere.

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Southwest operates 18 of the airport's 20 gates. Southwest wants to operate some flights out of DFW due to rising metroplex demand.

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Francisco J. Rodriguez, DFW Communications & Marketing Specialist, told CBS News Texas,

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Southwest operates only at Dallas Love Field Airport due to a 1970s law. The Wright Amendment, passed in 1974, limited DFW competition.

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Before 1973, Dallas Love Airport had more than 70 gates, but many concourses were deactivated, reducing its capacity to the little airport we see today.

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Southwest and American Airlines wanted a full Wright Amendment repeal in 2006, but it limited gate numbers to 20 and gave Southwest control over 16.

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