Legend Airlines

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Legend Airlines was an airline that flew primarily from Love Field, Dallas, Texas, USA for a matter of months, during the year 2000. The airline filed for bankruptcy five years after it was formed as a corporate entity, its initial flights having been substantially delayed by court battles with American Airlines and the City of Fort Worth.

[edit] Former Code Data

IATA Code: LC
ICAO Code: LGD
Callsign: Legendary

[edit] History

The airline provided service which bypassed the restrictions imposed by the so-called Wright Amendment, which limits long-range passenger service into Love Field. Since the airline flew 56-seat planes, below the Wright Amendment limit that restricted passenger travel through Love, they could fly to airports outside the amendment's defined range. The airline flew 56-seat aircraft out of Love to Los Angeles International Airport and Dulles International Airport in Washington, among others. American, in turn, re-configured a number of its Fokker F100 jets to 56 seats so that it could compete. The company also began renovating gates at Love, despite the fact that it had sued to block other airlines from doing the same thing. It is sometimes claimed in the Dallas area that Legend failed at the hands of American and Fort Worth, but other financial reasons may have been involved.^{[citation needed]}

The airline had its own terminal at the north side of the field and did not use the passenger terminal at Love Field. None of the available terminal space at Love was made available for the airline. They were forced to spend $24 million for a new terminal and parking garage.