Originally Posted by
N830MH
What are you saying soemthing about CRJ are still on restricted by 50 or 70 seater is not an illegal. I think it would enough bigger aircraft on E170 aircraft for MEM-DAL.This is an similar any of the circumstance in DAL (Love Field). Hopefully in few years until the restrictions will be lifted in between 2015 or 2016.
Any plane with more than 56 seats cannot legally operate a scheduled, commercial nonstop flight from DAL to any state other than Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Mississippi, Alabama, Kansas and Missouri (connections in these 9 states, as well as thru-ticketing, is legal now). This restriction remains in place until 2014.
Given that DL does not have hubs/focus cities in any of these 9 states, anything more than a CRJ is very unlikely until 2014. Once that is opened up, we'd be able to see CRJ-900s/EMB-175s/etc. from DL serve the airport if the market dictates it (and these aircraft can fly in from any DL domestic hub).