Alaska Air Group Inc. will hang on to two gates it acquired at Dallas Love Field through the carrier’s acquisition of Virgin America.
Virgin, which Seattle-based Alaska acquired last year, offers nonstop flights to five cities from two gates at city-owned Love Field. The airport is dominated by Dallas-based Southwest Airlines, which controls 18 of its 20 gates and would like to take over more.
“We’re keeping both for sure. We love Love Field,” Ben Minicucci, Alaska’s president and Virgin…