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Little-known Bay Area city will keep San Francisco in its airport’s name

sfstandard.com·Max Harrison-Caldwell·about 1 month ago
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The entity once known as Oakland International Airport will be allowed to keep “San Francisco” in its name after the two cities reached a settlement last week. The agreement finally puts to bed a bizarre two-year slapfight between San Francisco and the Port of Oakland that involved lawsuits and multiple iterations of a moniker that included both cities’ names. In 2024, the port — which manages the Oakland airport — changed the name from Oakland International Airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport, hoping to entice travelers by emphasizing the hub’s proximity to SF. At the time, the number of people flying into Oakland was declining after a brief post-pandemic rebound, and the airport was losing routes. The effort largely failed , while having the secondary impact of annoying San Francisco leaders, who swiftly sued, arguing that the name would confuse travelers.…

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