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November 19, 2015
The Federal Aviation Administration told a Texas federal judge on Wednesday that he had no right to stop an administrative investigation of which airlines Dallas should accommodate at a city-owned airport that is accused of supporting anti-competitive gate assignments, saying the agency has the authority to regulate airports.
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November 16, 2015
Dallas tried to pause an investigation by federal agencies into the city's obligation to accommodate airlines at Love Field Airport, where Southwest maintains allegedly anti-competitive control of gates Delta wants to use, contending Friday the administrative proceeding would usurp a Texas federal court's authority.
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October 26, 2015
Delta has fired back against the city of Dallas in lawsuit over gate access at a publicly owned airport, telling a Texas federal judge that the city can't claim immunity from its counterclaims because it filed the suit, over how federal competition laws affect gate leases, in the first place.
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October 08, 2015
While Delta and Southwest Airlines both made their cases to a Texas federal judge Wednesday on why they deserve to control gates at a publicly owned airport, the city of Dallas said it was neutral, but urged a preliminary decision amid competition concerns.
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September 30, 2015
If Delta succeeds in a bid to secure the right to fly from Dallas' Love Field airport, Southwest could be forced to cede more of the gates it leases at the airport to competitors, the airline said Wednesday at a Texas federal court hearing on whether Delta can be ousted from the small airport.
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September 29, 2015
Delta said Tuesday it may have to cancel or reschedule 26,000 passengers booked on upcoming flights from Dallas' Love Field airport if a Texas federal judge does not require Southwest to share its gate space, as the companies duel over competition at the small airport.
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September 28, 2015
Delta Airlines Inc. on Monday accused Southwest Airlines Co. of illegally buying airport gates and engaging in the worst anti-competitive practices it has ever seen, as the airlines faced off in a Texas federal court hearing that could give Delta the temporary right to continue flights from Dallas Love Field airport.
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September 24, 2015
The U.S. Department of Transportation again asked a Texas federal judge Wednesday to dismiss a suit over whether federal competition laws can force Dallas to accommodate both Delta and Southwest Airlines at the same airport gates, saying the suit did not challenge a final agency action.
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September 22, 2015
Southwest Airlines Co. and Delta Airlines Inc. asked a Texas federal judge on Monday to continue hearing litigation over whether federal competition laws can force Dallas to accommodate both airlines at the same Love Field Airport gates, saying he can resolve issues unrelated to a pending administrative investigation.
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September 15, 2015
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and U.S. Department of Transportation asked a federal court Monday to toss litigation over whether Dallas must accommodate Delta Air Lines Inc. and Southwest Airlines Co. at the same Love Field Airport gates, claiming a recently launched investigation is the appropriate avenue for resolving the confusion.