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Flying to Dallas is now much easier

Traveling from Phoenix to Dallas is now much easier. I prefer to fly Southwest Airlines, because they always seem to be on-time. Flying into Dallas has always been crappy because there was never a non-stop on Southwest. The Wright Amendment has been in place for XX years that says Southwest Airlines isn’t allowed to fly into their own airport (LUV) from anything farther than a bordering state. I’m not sure of the history, but the rumor is that this was put into place by politicians, paid for by larger, national, airlines, that were flying out of Dallas, Ft. Worth (DFW).

 

Anyway; to Fly to Dallas on Southwest you’ve always had to make a stop in El Paso (ELP) or Albuquerque (ABQ). Not only do you have to make this stop, but because of the law you had to actually book two trips. One round trip from PHX to ELP/ABQ and another joining trip from LUV to ELP/ABQ to get home. The choreography to buy this ticket has always been painful, but worth it because of the savings.

 

I just booked my ticket for VSLive Dallas (where I’m delivering two ASP.NET Ajax talks) and I was surprised to find out that I can now buy a ticket from PHX-LUV because of Wright Law has been revoked. Since the law was just revoked, there aren’t any non-stops, but I’m sure there will be someday soon.

 

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Posted: Nov 08 2006, 08:09 AM by scott cate | with 3 comment(s)
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Adam said:

The Wright Amendment got a TON of airtime in the past year or so. The outward-facing reasoning for having it in 1979(?) was that it would prevent DFW from having TOO much competition and potentially going under by having a second airport. Obviously money is behind it, as it is behind all laws limiting or encouraging business. That idea might have made sense in the late 70s when there wasn't need for multiple airports, but this city is way beyond needing multiple full-service airports and it's about time Love got opened up.
# November 8, 2006 11:16 AM

Dallasite said:

You are correct that non-stops will be coming in the future. I believe it is a gradual plan that by 2012 you will be able to fly non-stop around the country where ever the airlines provide. About time that you can book through and eventually have non-stop service. A metro area of ~6 million is well served by two airports in my opinion. One of the restrictions with this change is the number of flights that Love Field will be allowed to have. Got to protect the golden goose that is DFW. Have fun in Dallas since there is not much to do unless you like sports, eating or shopping.
# November 8, 2006 11:51 AM

Adam said:

Dallasite: Apparently you've never been to Deep Ellum or Lower Greenville? You can add "tons of music" and "drinking" to your list of things to do.
# November 9, 2006 11:36 AM
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