Southwest Airlines is the first commercial airline to bring sustainable aviation fuel to OAK
OAK is now the third commercial airport in the U.S. to have SAF incorporated in the daily operations of a major airline Oakland, Calif. – August 30, 2022: This month marks the first time that sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) will be used in the operations of Southwest Airlines® at Oakland International Airport (OAK). This introduction […]
OAK Celebrates Opening of New Restaurant and Coffee Shops
SSP America hosts grand opening of Oakland Draft House featuring Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. and two Peet’s Coffee locations Oakland, Calif. – August 25, 2022: Oakland International Airport is celebrating the grand opening of three new airport concession locations including two Peet’s Coffee locations (Terminals One and Two) and Oakland Draft House (Terminal Two). The […]
OAK celebrates Spirit Airlines’ inaugural flight to New York City/Newark
EWR is the eighth destination now offered by Spirit Airlines at OAK Oakland, Calif. – August 9, 2022: This week, Spirit Airlines kicks off new service between Oakland International Airport and New York City/Newark. The route utilizes Spirit’s new Airbus A320 NEO airliners seating 182 passengers, including 8 Big Front seats. Eastbound – Daily: Depart […]
Port of Oakland names Brian D’Amico to Aviation Marketing Lead Position
D’Amico comes to OAK from San Diego International Airport Oakland, Calif. – August 2, 2022: Noted aviation industry expert Brian D’Amico has been named Aviation Supervising Marketing and Communications Associate at the Port of Oakland. He began his new role on August 1st. Mr. D’Amico is an aviation marketing professional with over 11 years of experience. In […]
Oakland International Airport to acquire 5 new electric shuttle buses
Oakland, Calif. – August 1, 2022: On Thursday, July 21st, the Port of Oakland Commissioners approved the purchase of five electric buses from BYD Coach and Bus LLC. The new buses will be utilized as parking shuttle buses at Oakland International Airport (OAK). The shuttles are expected to be ready for service in early 2024. These five […]
OAK surpasses 1 million monthly passengers in June 2022
The first time since December 2019 Oakland, Calif. – July 25, 2022: Oakland International Airport has reached another pandemic recovery milestone with over one million travelers passing through its terminals in June 2022 – a first since December 2019. Passenger traffic in June was significantly higher than May, with a month-to-month increase of over 15 percent. Additionally, […]
Launch of new reservation system allows travelers to Park Close with certainty at OAK
Customers can now reserve parking in advance for all of OAK’s on-airport parking lots Oakland, Calif. – July 12, 2022: Today Oakland International Airport proudly launches its new online parking reservation system. This new system allows OAK customers to reserve parking in any of the airport’s customer parking lots (Daily, Premier, Economy, and Hourly) up to two […]
OAK saw highly reliable performance with over 99 percent of flights completed during Independence Day weekend
Also, airport again exceeds 80% of pre-pandemic passenger levels for May 2022 Oakland, Calif. – July 8, 2022: Despite forecasts to the contrary, over 99 percent of flights scheduled at OAK were completed during the Independence Day travel period with departing passenger traffic reaching 95.5 percent of pre-pandemic 2019 passenger levels with the airport operating reliably with […]
Pre-pandemic levels of traffic expected at OAK for Independence Day weekend
New air service bolsters schedules for the Fourth of July holiday Oakland, Calif. – June 29, 2022: After an exceptionally busy Memorial Day travel weekend, Oakland International Airport (OAK) once again projects that a high volume of passengers will pass through its terminals for the Independence Day holiday weekend. As Independence Day falls on a Monday this […]
OAK Soars, Leading Bay Area Air Travel Recovery – 99 percent of flights completed over Memorial Day weekend
Smooth operations with passenger traffic reaching 92 percent of 2019 Oakland, Calif. – June 2, 2022: Oakland International Airport experienced a busy Memorial Day weekend this year, with departing passengers reaching 92% percent of pre-pandemic 2019 totals for the same holiday period. According to published security checkpoint throughput volume and as forecasted, the busiest travel days were […]