I realize LGB is, unfortunatley, slot restricted. It is not restricted by DOT, however. It is restricted by the local community.mga707 said:True, jetBlue could fly from LGB to DFW right now if they wished. But they'd have to give up at least one of their other current flights to do it.MAH4546 said:There is no such thing as "rights" in the domestic US market. Any airline can fly between any two domestic US airports (including Guam and Puerto Rico) any time and any day they want. The DOT-restricted airports are New York City LaGuardia and Washington National.wrx said:They're trying to get LGB-DFW rights to be compete against the Gorilla. But, just like in ATL they will pull out of DFW. In certain markets they can't compete against the big guns in this industry.
Delta owns ATL and American owns DFW. You can't compete against these two in their hub cities.
LGB is slot-restricted to a certain number of departures per day per local government action.
Those NIMBY's don't want to hear that awful jet noise...