My understanding is that the Wright amendment was put
in place to keep long-haul traffic and passengers at
DFW. I found an article (via a Google search!) from
1997 that sheds a little light. Scroll down to the
section titled:

"The Wright Amendment: Send Your Canned Goods to Bob
Crandall Now"

http://www.planebusiness.com/archives/banters/banter1013.html

Note the Shelby Amendment which added 3 more states to
the list, including Alabama. Hmmmm, I think Alabama
has a senator named Shelby. Coincidence or not.....!
:-)

Is Legend still in business, or have they ceased
operations?

David H.

--- Lee Bell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > SW is a fine airline.  Still the only one making
money but... in Dallas you
> > have to fly from Love Field and you can only fly
direct to cities in Texas,
> > Ark, LA, OK, and NM.  They will not check bags in
Dallas thru to anywhere
> > outside of those areas.  The Wright amendment is
still alive. And if you
> > want to travel outside the US... forget it.
>
> I saw mention of the amendment on their site but am
> not familiar with it's
> contents or purpose.

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