I’m well aware that it’s been about three weeks since Alaska announced its plans for serving Dallas/Love Field, but I’ve been thinking about it a lot since then. Why do I care? Well, I don’t see a world where Dallas is all that important for Alaska, so I’m trying … Read the post
Category: DAL – Dallas/Love Field
It’s been a heck of a fight between Southwest and Delta in Dallas. Once United gave up its gates to Southwest, Delta (which subleased from United) had nowhere to go. Yet Delta says the feds require that all airlines at Love be allowed to continue to fly. Southwest says it … Read the post
I know I wasn’t the only one scratching my head last week when Virgin America announced it would use its precious gate space at Dallas/Love Field to fly to Austin. It seems crazy, right? It probably is, but there has to be some method to this madness.
To say things took a strange turn at Dallas Love Field Airport on Friday is quite the understatement. After doing everything it could to keep Delta from continuing to fly to Love Field, United has pulled a fast one. It entered into a deal to give Southwest its gates, … Read the post
Remember how the Department of Justice (DOJ) was so concerned with preserving competition at Dallas/Love Field as part of the American/US Airways merger? Well, the many pieces of that plan have no fallen into place, and there’s an odd man out. Delta is being kicked out of the airport entirely … Read the post
Though Virgin America has publicly said that its future growth will be in LA and San Francisco, it’s hard to forget about Dallas. After all, Virgin America won the battle for two gates at Love Field and will make that airport the airline’s third largest operation. But with only … Read the post
Southwest does scheduling differently compared to any of the legacy carriers. The airline only allows bookings a few months out, but when it does come out, it’s pretty much set in stone. This most recent schedule extension, was a huge one for Southwest. It not only showed the first … Read the post
It’s finally official. Virgin America will get 2 gates at Dallas/Love Field. That means Delta, which had already been selling flights for its planned expansion, is out of luck. So what do you think will happen? Will Delta find a way to keep operating there? What will United do, … Read the post
When American and US Airways settled with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and offered to give up some assets to complete their merger, most people assumed that the slots in DC and New York would be the most highly-contested. That does not appear to be the case. Those slot transfers … Read the post
With all the divestitures announced when American and US Airways settled with the Department of Justice (DOJ), the most surprising result is the fight over two measly gates at tiny Dallas/Love Field. Southwest clearly wants them, but doesn’t know if it can have them. Delta wants them too, but … Read the post
United and Continental continue to push out new routes on a regular basis as the two airlines find opportunities that may not have existed before. These are all either new or restarted hub routes, and some are more interesting than others. In this last round of announcements, there was one … Read the post
The whole point of PR is to try to spin an issue in your favor, but sometimes the spin is so strong, you feel like you’re riding the teacups at Disneyland. Yesterday, American announced it was pulling out of Dallas/Love Field with a release entitled . . . “AA Signs … Read the post