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Whereas, in September 1965, in response to a 1964 Civil
Aeronautics Board order that the Cities of Fort Worth and
Dallas join together to develop a single airport to
alleviate air safety concerns at Dallas Love Field and
duplication of facilities at Fort Worth's Greater Southwest
International Airport, the two cities established a
Dallas-Fort Worth Airport Board and identified a site for
a new regional airport that today is the Dallas-Fort Worth
International Airport; and,
Whereas, to accomplish the goal of building an outstanding
regional airport, the City of Fort Worth agreed to close
permanently its Greater Southwest International Airport to
remove air space conflicts with the new airport while at
the same time allowing Dallas Love Field to remain open as
a municipal airport to serve general aviation, air cargo and
air maintenance interests; and,
..Whereas, both Fort Worth and Dallas agreed that the success of
-~ .Dallas-Fort Worth .International 'Airport depended on it
,• ,_. -_- becoming the sole commercial aviation facility to serve the
_ two cities and the North Texas region and consequently, the
two cities, through the Dallas-Fart Worth Airport Board,
executed the Concurrent Agreement of 1968 in which the
eight commercial carriers which served the region at the
• time agreed to relocate to the new regional airport and
further agreed to a ban whereby they could not offer service
from any existing or future airport in the two cities as
long as Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport operated;
and,
Whereas, as a result of an unsuccessful effort in the federal
court system by the Cities of Fort Worth and Dallas to
prohibit a new airline company created after 1968 from
providing commercial air service from Dallas Love Field, an
erosion of the commercial air service operating philosophy
mandated by the CAB in 1965, U.S. Congressman Jim Wright in
r 1979 introduced in Congress and 'won approval for what has
come to be known as the "Wright Amendment"; and,
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Whereas, the Wright Amendment had the support of the entire
region as a tool to limit adverse exposure to the
development of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport by
expressly prohibiting non-stop commercial air carrier
service from Dallas Love Field except to destinations within
Texas and contiguous states, thereby protecting the $1.4
billion investment which the citizens of Fort Worth and
Dallas have in the airport; and,
Whereas, Fort Worth has lived up to the
and moral agreements which the two
complied with the Wright Amendment
non-stop commercial air service to
the U.S. and the world from its cu
facilities; and,
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letter of both the legal
cities entered into and
by expressly prohibiting
destinations 'throughout
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Whereas, today, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport is the
second busiest commercial service airport in the U.S.
serving in 1988 more than 44 million passengers who fly on
one of more than 635,000 flights out of the airport which is
. serviced by more than 100 gates and is credited with being a
'prime .factor in major corporate relocations or new
.industrial facilities coming to the North Texas area,
including the relocation of American Airlines corporate
.headquarters from New York to Fort Worth, construction in
Fort Worth of nation's first currency printing facility
outside Washington, D.C., relocation of the J.C. Penney
headquarters to Plano, the construction of Supercollider
in Ellis County, the Fujutisu Corp. facility in Richardson
among others; and,
Whereas, federal legislation has been introduced to repeal the
Wright Amendment, thereby allowing any commercial air
carrier to use Dallas Love Field to provide service to any
U.S. point as well as international destinations which would
be in direct competition with Dallas-Fort Worth
International Airport; and,
Whereas, the City of Dallas has passed a resolution calling for a
modification of the Wright Amendment by prohibiting
non-stop flights to and from Love Field to airports more
than 650 miles from Dallas; and,
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Whereas, based on information provided to the City of Fort Worth
to date, repeal or modification of the Wright Amendment
would have a severe adverse impact on the operations and
economic viability of Dallas-Fort Worth International
Airport and the service which it provides to the citizens of
Fort Worth and the western half of the North Texas region.
Now therefore, be it resolved that the Fort Worth City Council
unanimously opposes the repeal or modification of
the Wright Amendment because such action will undermine
and violate both the legal and moral obligations entered
.into by the Cities of Fort Worth and Dallas in
1965 to build an airport which would serve commercial air
needs of the entire region; and,
Be it further resolved, that the Fort Worth City Council will
dedicate its .best efforts to assure that the interests of
the entire region are served now and in the future by
maintaining the integrity of Dallas-Fort Worth 2
'International Airport as the commercial air servE~ center
.far Fort Worth, Dallas and North Texas; and,
Be it further resolved, that the Fort Worth City Council will
take any and all steps necessary to insure that the Wright
Amendment is not repealed or modified in any manner.
Adopted this 10th day of October, 1989.
CI~'Y COUNCIL
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