Wright Amendment

Wright Amendment

Long title	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 The law was partially repealed in 2006 and then fully repealed in 2014.