Nancy Kassebaum: “the distinguished Republican leader, Senator Dole, joins with me today in offering this bill to address an injustice…”

“the distinguished Republican leader, Senator Dole, joins with me today in offering this bill to address an injustice that has developed out of current law. The bill would repeal a restriction in the International Air Transportation Competition Act of 1979 pertaining to air carrier service at Dallas' Love Field. There is now broad recognition of the anticompetitive situation that has developed because of this section of law, and it is our intent to resolve the unfairness of this situation. The restriction which this bill seeks to repeal was originally passed to protect the then-relatively new Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport [DFW] and ensure that commercial air carriers moved from Love Field to the new airport. Today, DFW is the third busiest airport in the country. The gates at DFW are full, and planes wait in long lines for takeoff. It is clear that DFW has reached a point where it no longer needs to be protected from competition.”