Southwest to Dallas: Make Alaska Airlines share Love Field gates with Delta

Southwest Airlines is accusing the city of Dallas of failing to properly manage gate space at Love Field, suggesting in a court filing this week that Delta Air Lines should be given shared access to gates controlled by Alaska Airlines, rather than on gates controlled by Southwest. Southwest argued in a filing with the US District Court of North Texas that city officials have an obligation “to allocate the [Love Field] gates in an efficient manner,” something Southwest said hasn’t been done since a lawsuit over gate access was filed in June 2015. The filing is the latest in a long-running dispute between Southwest, Delta and the city over access to the limited space at city-owned Love Field, which is capped at 20 gates under the terms of the Wright Amendment Reform Act. <br/>