Hegenberger Gateway Projects Facts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Project Location: Hegenberger Road between Edgewater Drive and Doolittle Drive. – Hegenberger Gateway project was developed from the 1998 “Airport Gateway Area Urban Design Concept” (master plan), designed to revitalize the Oakland Airport area. – Basic concepts of the project were based on a joint effort by the City of Oakland, […]
Oakland Adds Security Lanes, Checkpoint Staff for Holiday Travel
Contact: Jo Murray, 510-238-8430 or 800-492-9786 (pager) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OAKLAND, Calif. — Oakland International Airport plans to open new lanes at security checkpoints and to bring in additional staff to speed up security screening procedures during the Memorial Day weekend. The airport expects approximately 40,000 travelers a day on Thursday, Friday and Tuesday, a […]
United Airlines Starts Nonstop Oakland/Washington Dulles Service
United Airlines Starts Nonstop Oakland/Washington Dulles Service When: Wednesday, May 8, 7:15 a.m. Where: Oakland International Airport, Gate 7, Terminal 1 Speakers: Terry Brady, managing director – sales, N. California, United Airlines Joan Abate, corporate sales manager, United Airlines Phillip Tagami, President, Board of Port Commissioners, Port of Oakland Steven Grossman, Director of […]
State’s First “Hush House” Expected to Reduce Maintenance Noise
Oakland International Airport will test California’s first “hush house,” designed to reduce noise from engine maintenance by 15 to 18 decibels, between midnight Sunday and 2 a.m. Monday. Two tests — one inside and one outside the structure — will be conducted for comparison purposes.
State’s First “Hush House” Expected to Reduce Maintenance Noise
Advance Media Tour of “Hush House”: Friday, May 3, 3:30 p.m. Tour of “Hush House”: Please note that the facility will not be in operation at this time. Meet in the tent in the parking area on the left of Terminal 2. First Test: Sunday, May 5, 11:30 p.m. — 2 a.m. Monday, weather permitting. […]
JetBlue CEO Plans Press Briefing On New Oakland-Washington DC/Dulles Service
OAKLAND, Calif. — Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown and airport officials will greet JetBlue Chief Executive Officer David Neeleman when he arrives at Oakland International Airport at 1:05 p.m. today (May 1) to discuss the airline’s new nonstop service between Oakland and Washington DC/Dulles International Airport. Port of Oakland Executive Director TayYoshitani and Steven Grossman, director […]
Oakland International Airport Adds Recycling Stations
Contact: Rosemary Barnes, 510-577-4246 or 888-403-7972 (pager) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2002 OAKLAND, Calif. — Oakland International Airport will observe Earth Day Monday with the installation of five new stations where visitors may deposit newspapers, cans and bottles for recycling. “As passenger volume has expanded, the need for recycling stations has increased,” said Steven […]
Southwest Airlines Inaugurates Oakland-Chicago Nonstop Service
Contact: Jack Lyness, 510-304-2411 OAKLAND, Calif. — Southwest Airlines will inaugurate nonstop, low-fare service between Oakland International Airport and Chicago’s Midway Airport on Sunday, April 7, with three flights a day. Area Marketing Manager Kim Domerofski will be available in the Terminal Two baggage claim area on Monday, April 8, for a press briefing on […]
JetBlue CEO Plans Press Briefing on New Oakland Service
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 11, 2002 Contact: Jo Murray, 510-238-8430 (office) or 800-492-9786 (pager) Cell phone at event: 510-701-1889 OAKLAND, Calif. — JetBlue Chief Executive Officer David Neeleman will be at Oakland International Airport today at 10 a.m. to discuss his airlines’ expanded nonstop schedule between Oakland and New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport, as […]
Oakland International Airport Now Home to All SunTrips Air Service
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jo Murray, 510-238-8430 or 800-492-9786 (pager) OAKLAND, Calif. — SunTrips has moved its flights to Hawaii to Oakland International Airport, consolidating San Francisco Bay Area departures for all of its vacation tour packages at Oakland. SunTrips offers eight-day trips to Oahu, Maui, Kauai, Kona and Molokai, with six flights a week […]