The Wright Conclusion

All parties involved have settled on an agreed conclusion to the Wright Ammendment.
The ammendment will spontaniously combust after eight years.
Here are some points of the compromise from various sources:

Immediate through ticketing for Southwest to anywhere domestically.

Wright is gone after eight years.

International flights only to D/FW International.

Reduce Love Field from 32 to 20 gates.

City of Dallas will negotiate a voluntary noise curfew at Love between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Dallas will redevelop portions of Love consistent with the updated Love master plan. City will demolish the Legend terminals. City will modernize main gate, spending between $150 million to $200 million on the deal, not including the price of acquiring the six Legend terminals. Some of those costs will be rolled into landing fees and space rental charges. All these improvements have to be made by the time the Wright Amendment is repealed fully.

Both cities will oppose any attempt to initiate commercial passenger air service at any airport other than D/FW for the eight year period.

No new esate exemptions to Wright during the eight year period.

If Southwest operates from another airport within an 80 mile radius of Love in addition to its operations at Love, then for every such gate that Southwest operates at another airport it will voluntarily relenquish that same number at Love, up to eight gates. Same for American, witht he max at one and a half of its gates. Gates will be put on the market. If no one else claims them, the the airline can have the gates back on a sharing basis with anyone else who comes along. This penalty stays on the books until 2025.

Congress has to approve of this by the end of 2006, or its null, unless everyone signs back on board.

“They tore my rotator cuffs, but they did not break my arm. The fact that Southwest Airlines stands here today with American, Fort Worth and city of Dallas, Love Field and D/FW International, means surely there must be hope for world peace. Peace and good will is the essence of our agreement. Our swords are truly being converted into plowshares. The only victor here is the public. We urge the city councils of Dallas and Fort Worth and the United States Congress” to approve the compromise. - Herb Kelleher, Southwest Airlines

“I think Southwest did give up a lot. I think Southwest also gained a lot.” -Herb Kelleher, Southwest Airlines

"We firmly believe that the Wright Amendment has served the region well, allowing D/FW Airport to become the economic enginer of North Texas. However, this compromise allows our employees in Dallas-Fort Worth and nationwide to move forward and refocus our collective energy on our turnaround plan and serving our customers in the best possible way." - Gerard Arpey, American Airlines

"Although any changes to the Wright Amendment represents new challenges for our company, we believe this agreement creates some advantages that might not have been possible if a proposed solution had been developed without our involvement." - Dan Garton, American Airlines