Phoenix tries to lure Southwest: Proposal to move could ratchet up tension in debate over Wright.

Publication: The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, Texas) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)

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Byline: Eric Torbenson

Feb. 25--Southwest Airlines Co. has agreed to hear a proposal from the city of Phoenix about moving its headquarters, the Dallas-based carrier said Friday.

"They came knocking and we decided, as a courtesy, to grant the opportunity," said Southwest spokesman Ed Stewart. The airline did not request the meeting, and it has not been scheduled, he said.

The meeting could raise the stakes in Southwest's effort to repeal Wright amendment restrictions on long-haul flights from Dallas Love Field. Southwest has said before that if its operation here can't grow, it may have to move.

Fast-growing Phoenix is tied with Chicago as Southwest's No. 2 city in daily flights, narrowly trailing No. 1 Las Vegas. At Phoenix's Sky Harbor...

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