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Southwest Airlines Could Consider Move From Dallas


UPDATED: 10:27 pm CST February 24, 2006
DALLAS, Texas -- Southwest Airlines confirmed Friday night that a half-dozen cities are interested in wooing the airline's corporate headquarters.

A meeting is planned soon with city leaders from Phoenix, NBC 5's Scott Gordon reported.

A Southwest Airlines spokesman insisted that this is no threat, but he said it is tied directly to the Wright Amendment, which restricts flights from Love Field to much of the country. He pointed out that Southwest already has a major operation in Phoenix, home to 4,000 employees. About 3,000 employees work at the airline's headquarters.

The spokesman said that this is not a ploy to help repeal the Wright Amendment.

The spokesman said that if the airline considered now where to put its headquarters, Dallas "wouldn't even make the short list."

So far, there has been no reaction from the city of Dallas.

A spokesman for Mayor Laura Miller said she was with her family Friday night and could not be reached.

av8r4aa

WOW
That is a first ,AA comes to town and SWA wants to bail out.
Don't let the door hit you in the a$$ when you leave.
Remember your 30 SPF!

shaark92

This a corporate HQ move, right?

What does that have to do with anything but business office lease rates?

If SWA isn't pulling out/reducing the DAL flight schedule, who --- besides commercial real estate folks --- gives a big rip???

United's HQ is in Chicago --- but DEN is the biggie hub. CAL - Houston --- no small potatoes in EWR.

I think this is much adieu about notta.

AV