DCMartin
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This just keeps getting more and more convoluted! From the DOJ letter to Dallas:
"American and Virgin America will soon be requesting your official approval of the Sublease pursuant to the terms of American's lease. We would appreciate your approval of that request. Doing so will allow American to fulfill its agreed-upon--and court-ordered--divestiture requirement and will help ensure a smooth transition and additional competitive benefits for Dallas passengers."
What does that mean? Of course they would appreciate the city council do do what they are requesting. My question still remains: can they force Dallas to approve that request?
-According to final judgement, "the court has retained jurisdiction to issue further orders and directions as may be necessary to ensure and enforce compliance with the final judgement." However, I have no idea if that means they can actually tell Dallas what to do.
-The more important point in the letter I found is that American is no longer giving up the gates. They are sub-leasing them and the DOJ has signed off on it. This makes the $50,000 LEK study a moot point, and I don't think the city of Dallas has much go a leg to stand on if they choose to deny the sublease request.