Originally Posted by Seat13c
Dallas Love Field is very limited by the Wright Act. Correct me if I'm wrong but the service from Love Field is limited to Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Lousiana, and Missouri. There is a huge battle in Washington on where or not to repeal the act or not. WN and AA are leading the ways on their own respective sides. AA loves their monoply at DFW and WN wants to blow things open at Love Field. Unless B6 can start flying to LGB, JFK, or Florida, it will remain untouch. Right now, the better option for Jetblue is DFW. There are gates availible and the flights from all the NYC airports on CO and AA are always full or near capacity.
That is why Jetblue and Northwest are fighting against the Wright Act. It is a smaller airport, with cheaper fees, which is what Jetblue looks for in a new city (See: Houston-Hobby). They should NOT go into DFW. That would get ugly, very quickly. There would be a drop in fares with a dump in capacity on the market by Continental and American. Plus, DFW is a mega-hub for American. The people down there would probably stay faithful to AA, kind of what happens when an LCC enters a hub againts NW. The people wait for the lower fares, stick with the legacies, and then complain when the fares go up and the LCC leaves. At least with DAL, they could form a niche market with competition from no one.