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   WN can fly anywhere from HOUSTON  NOW.  It's DALLAS (DAL) (NOT DFW) that's   
   the subject of the "Wrong Ammendment" - sort of like the Alaska requirement   
   to build a natural gas pipeline thru Alaska (by legislation) rather than   
   taking a route that would cost 1/3 as much (by going thru Canada, eh!)   
      
   "mrtravel"  wrote in message   
   news:IKtwb.46438$JU5.34374@newssvr25.news.prodigy.com...   
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   > R J Carpenter wrote:   
   > > "Olivers"  wrote in message   
   > > news:Xns943D4A761A391olive@216.196.97.132...   
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   > >>As busy as Denver can be, it has always (at least to me) seemed a more   
   > >>artificially created hubs than ORD, DFW or ATL, although the vast   
   > >>population and travel  growth in Colorado provides it with "stand alone"   
   > >>legs (and I've never understood why WN and/or HP have never tried to   
   > >>develop the potential of Colorado Springs.  For WN, the skinny panhandle   
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   > >>Oklahoma and the Wright Amendment prevented direct service from DAL, but   
   I   
   > >>suspect a pretty good case could be made for either HOU or IAH flights   
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   > > into   
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   > >>the Springs),   
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   > > I wonder how much it would cost WN to have the Wright Amendment   
   repealed.   
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   > > Or are there some hidden benefits I haven't thought of.   
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   > It would enable WN to fly anywhere from HOU.. Wouldn't this be a good   
   > thing for them?   
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