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Subject: Re: Time for Dallas airfares to come down Posted on: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:51:54 -0700

- HAL9000 <0204spam@comcast.net> wrote:

>So the wright amendment was to protect airlines which operated out of
>DFW. Apparently the amendment was not enough as one airline has
>pulled out of DFW. If the wright amendment is removed seems like DFW
>has to fail as an airport.

No. The Wright Amdendment was designed to protect the DFW bondholders - the
people who funded the loans for this monster new airport out in the farmland
between Dallas and Fort Worth. People forget the risk when DFW was proposed.

What has happened since is AA and SWA building a business model around the
Wright Amendment - it has long since outlived the original need.

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