What a difference a day makes in the battle over flight
restrictions at Dallas Love Field. With the announcement that
Southwest Airlines is planning soon to fly from Love Field to
Missouri -- the ninth state to be exempted from Wright Amendment
restrictions -- rival American Airlines is reluctantly going ahead
with plans to reopen the three DAL gates the carrier had left
vacant since 2001.
Boeing Wins Big... But Airbus Sells A Few, As Well
At retail, it's already a deal worth more than $3 billion --
yep, with a 'b'. Cathay Pacific confirmed Wednesday it's ordered 16
Boeing 777-300ERs, buying twelve of the extended range widebodies
and leasing four more. The big Boeings come as part of a potential
36 aircraft deal for the American aerospace manufacturer, the
largest ever for the Hong Kong-based carrier.
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