Southwest a boon to Denver.

• Author: Johnson, Mark
• Position: Southwest Airlines Co. - Letter to the editor

Your article titled "Southwest Back Draft?" (September), while timely, misses the mark.

Southwest's arrival has dramatically lowered prices that travelers pay into and out of DIA. Let's look at a tale of two cities: Washington D.C. and Dallas.

Southwest provides direct service to the Washington D.C. market via Baltimore Washington International airport (BWI); round-trip Southwest fares for this route are readily available for approximately $200.

In Dallas, the Wright Amendment prohibits Southwest from providing direct service to Denver from Dallas' Love Field; the typical round-trip fare from Denver to Dallas on either United or...