Originally Posted by
WesternSkies
It couldn't be the Wright Amendments doing, as it was repealed. Maybe something else?
United flew into both as of a couple of years ago when SWA made them an offer they couldn't refuse...$$$. United still has the DAL gates but leases them to SWA.
American had gates at DAL and during the Wright Amendment but was forced to turn them over as a condition of the USair merger, which is where VA and Alaska got the gate space.
Delta has gate space at both too.
WA was never repealed, only amended. I posted the legislation and it only amends the prior legislation, never repeals it. People called it repealed because SWA started fly coast to coast out of Love. But, when VA came to DAL, they had to leave DFW. Now, that could be due to the agreement between DFW and DAL as to who gets to lease what gates.
American Eagle had gates at DAL and left because they could never make the routes profitable. Delta Connection shares gates at DAL with SWA.
Of the gates at Dallas Love: 2 are leased to United and subleased to SWA. 2 are leased to VA. 16 are leased to SWA.