Originally Posted by
Justdoinmyjob
Delta is greedy because they want to fly out of Love, but SWA isn't greedy because they want 18 of the 20 gates available there? Seems that Delta is no more or less greedy or aggressive that SWA nowadays. The days of the "SWA Effect", low hanging fruit, and everyone pulling out of a market that SWA wanted in on are gone.
Like it or not, SWA has lost the cost advantage they enjoyed against other carriers and it's now gonna be a cage match for yields between the big 4, (American, Delta, Southwest, and United.)
Not quite true. The gripe with Delta's desire to fly out of DFW is this:
When the Wright Amendment was established the rules provided that if SWA ever served DFW, they would have to divest some gates at Love Field. In fact, as soon as the purchase of Air Tran was complete, they shuttered the DFW operation to comply with the agreement. Kind of a division of turf; a "you stay on your side we'll stay on ours." This satisfied AA and the politicians they had in their pocket, and was signed into law. That portion of the law (amendment) remains in effect.
Now that the restrictions have been lifted, (via SWA spending millions on a lengthy legal battle) Delta is trying to change the rules; they want SWA to stay where they are, and they also want them to divest some gates at Love.
Figured the board needed a Dallas native to help you connect the dots.
In the event Delta acquires divested gates from SWA at Love, do they have to divest their gates at DFW, or does that door only swing one way?
I think I know what the Delta guys will say.