Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"Representative Sam Johnson this morning said at a news conference that this was an issue of airlines being able to have the freedom to fly wherever they wanted. He's dead wrong. This isn't a freedom issue. It's a local economy issue. There's an answer to this and it isn't repealing the Wright Amendment. The answer is Southwest Airlines moving to DFW where they will have room to expand and no restrictions.

Source: Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX), on Congressional efforts to repeal the Wright Amendment. For three decades, that legislation has restricted airlines flying out of Dallas-Love Field (primarily Southwest Airlines) from serving markets outside of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, New Mexico, Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama.

FMI: www.southwest.com/travel_center/wright.html, www.dfw.com