An Act to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 in order to promote competition in international air transportation, provide greater opportunities for United States air carriers, establish goals for developing United States international aviation negotiating policy, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)
IATCA
Enacted by
the 96th United States Congress
Effective
February 15, 1980
Citations
Public law
96-192
Statutes at Large
94 Stat. 35 aka 94 Stat. 48
Codification
Acts amended
Federal Aviation Act of 1958
Titles amended
49 U.S.C.: Transportation
U.S.C. sections amended
49 U.S.C. § 40102 aka § 1301
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 1300 by Howard Cannon (D-NV) on June 7, 1979
Committee consideration by Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation, House Public Works and Transportation
Passed the Senate on September 29, 1979 (passed)
Passed the House on November 13, 1979 (passed, in lieu of H.R. 5481)
Reported by the joint conference committee on December 19, 1979; agreed to by the Senate on January 31, 1980 (agreed) and by the House on February 4, 1980 (agreed)
Signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on February 15, 1980
The Wright Amendment of 1979 was a United States federal law that governed traffic at Dallas Love Field, an airport in Dallas, Texas, to protect Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) from competition. The amendment—enacted in reaction to the refusal of Southwest Airlines to vacate Love Field and move to DFW—prohibited carriers from operating full-size airliners between Love Field and destinations beyond Texas and its four neighboring states. Further amendments in 1997 and 2005 added new states and relaxed aircraft rules for longer range service. The law was partially repealed in 2006 and then fully repealed in 2014.
The WrightAmendment of 1979 was a United States federal law that governed traffic at Dallas Love Field, an airport in Dallas, Texas, to protect Dallas...
signed into law by Wright's friend, President Johnson. Wright also voted against the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Wright would later vote in...
Representative (later Speaker of the House) Jim Wright pushed a law through Congress, the WrightAmendment, which restricted air service at Love Field in...
Amendment had left the 56-seat long-haul restriction in place. In late 2004, Southwest began actively seeking the full repeal of the WrightAmendment...
proved that changes to the amendment were now politically viable. Southwest soon began campaigning to repeal the WrightAmendment, but was staunchly opposed...
the first carrier to fly from Love Field to destinations beyond the WrightAmendment five-state region after the opening of Dallas/Fort Worth International...
Express, and Legend Airlines for supporting the Shelby Amendment, which lifted WrightAmendment restrictions on flights to Alabama, Kansas, and Mississippi...
The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution protects the right to keep and bear arms. It was ratified on December 15, 1791, along...
Airport in December 2010, and continued until after the repeal of the WrightAmendment in October 2014, when the airline leased two gates and established...
Fokker 100s in a 56-seat all-business class configuration to circumvent WrightAmendment long-haul flight restrictions from Dallas Love Field. The airline later...
$58 million in the second quarter of 2005. AA was a strong backer of the WrightAmendment, which regulated commercial airline operations at Love Field in Dallas...
business travelers, who wants to pay "full fare for the briefcase?" WrightAmendment, a US Federal law to protect one Texas airport (Dallas/Fort Worth International...
such an amendment. In a 1991 law review article, United States law professor Richard George Wright argues that if a constitutional amendment leaves a...
big cities and has discouraged the creation of medium-sized cities." WrightAmendment, a US Federal law to protect one Texas airport (Dallas/Fort Worth International...
The Eighth Amendment (Amendment VIII) to the United States Constitution protects against imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual...
Harrison and Annette Strauss - was instrumental in renegotiating the WrightAmendment to revise flight restrictions at Love Field Airport, as well as implementing...
from ABQ. The decline in service is attributed to the repeal of the WrightAmendment which only allowed air travel to Texas and airports in bordering states...
started operations in 2007, but it folded before the repeal of the WrightAmendment in 2014. On 16 April 2008, the American Airways Hangar and Administration...
rail in Texas. 1997 – Congress passes the Shelby Amendment, which eases some of the WrightAmendment restrictions on Love Field Airport. 2000 – December...
society's president general. Under Wright's presidency, the Daughters of the American Revolution passed an amendment to their bylaws in June 2023 that...
of the Love Field travel restrictions that are better known as the WrightAmendment. In 1990, the High Tech Committee of the Chamber established the Kilby...
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would, if added, explicitly prohibit sex discrimination. It was...
airline flight from Dallas Love Field to a destination beyond the WrightAmendment five-state region since the opening of Dallas/Fort Worth International...
headquarters to Southwest Airlines. Under the Federal "WrightAmendment" and "Shelby Amendment" laws, no large jet air service was allowed before 2014...
A Second Amendment sanctuary, also known as a gun sanctuary, is a state, county, or locality in the United States that has adopted laws or resolutions...
13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by President Abraham Lincoln on this date. The amendment freed all U.S. slaves. One year after Wright's death...
the Equal Rights Amendment". National Archives: The Center for Legislative Archives. Retrieved 2013-05-20. "GRIFFITHS, Martha Wright (1912-2003)". Biographical...
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