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| Sep.13 |
Moffett Field |
Google founders pay NASA $1.3m to land| Google Inc.'s founders will carry scientific equipment for NASA on their Boeing 767 as part of a deal that grants them landing rights at Federal Airfield | | |
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| Jun.25 |
SJC |
Airport Officials Detail $1.3B Expansion| The popular cell phone parking lot will close for the foreseeable future on Aug. 15 | |
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| Jan.22 |
SJC |
Airport Shoe Scanning Technology Debuts| Airport will be the first on the west coast to let pre-registered travelers cut to the front of sometimes long security lines | | |
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| May.10 |
SJC |
Buses, Limos, Vans Checked At Airport Safety compliance inspections of limousines, shuttles, vans and buses will be conducted by law enforcement agencies
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| Jan.30 |
San Jose City Hall |
Tax Deal With American Airlines City officials are considering a deal similar to Oakland deal they condemned a few years ago
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| Apr.30 |
SJC |
Mineta Airport Adding Flights Independence Air will offer a daily nonstop flight to Washington D.C. Jet Blue is adding a second flight to JFK
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Airbus A380 completes test flight
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| Apr.2 |
SJC |
Residents Protest at Airport New flight is the first ever commercial flight to be allowed to land during the city's curfew from 11:30pm to 6:30 am.
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| Mar.1 |
San Jose City Hall |
City Council approved terminal expansion The Council approved increasing the size of airport's planned expansion project by 625,000 square feet
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| Feb.8 |
SJC |
New Low-Cost Airline: Independence Air The Dulles-based upstart airline plans to fly from San Jose to Washington, D.C. for $84 one-way
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| Jan.29 |
SJC |
Airport seeing increase in airline traffic For the first time in 3 years, San Jose International Airport is seeing an increase in passenger traffic
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| Jan.11 |
SJC |
JetBlue Airways adding 2 flights JetBlue will begin daily nonstop service to Boston and on June 17 will add a second daily nonstop flight to JFK
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| Mar.22 |
SJC |
Airline Fares Drop Out of San Jose As the carriers increase their service out of SJC, their prices become more competitive
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| Mar.16 |
SJC |
Terminal expansion ready for takeoff Mayor: all the transportation improvements required by a ballot measure are on track around the airport
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| Sep.29 |
SJC |
Jet Center breaks down on expansion Mayor Gonzales said that the expansion would strengthen the attractiveness of the Airport and Silicon Valley
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| Jul.13 |
SJC |
Additional workers to ease long lines Transportation Security Administration to hire screeners that will be placed at 30 airports including Oakland and San Jose
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BART Begins Service To SFO
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| Mar.19 |
SJC |
Airport to Implement Security Measures The new Transportation Security Administration measures include inspecting all large vehicles
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| Mar.12 |
SJC |
Emergency Drill The full-scale exercise tested plans that would be used in the event of a plane crash with mass casualties
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| Mar.4 |
San Jose City Hall |
Airport Expansion Measure Passes| Measure A was approved by 58% of city voters in a special election. Voter turnout was just over 14% | |
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| Nov.14 |
SJC |
Mayor wants to expand Airport earlier Gonzales said his proposal is driven by the airport's need to comply quickly with federal security mandates
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| Nov.4 |
SJC |
Screener Blamed for Security Snafu The test came positive for TNT, but instead of stopping the owner, the screener went off to do something else
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United reservation centers shut down
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| Oct.1 |
SJC |
Federal Screeners Start Work About 200 federal screeners have been sworn to work at Mineta International; in all 450 are expected
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Security badges taken from 29 felons
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| Aug.21 |
SJC |
New runway at Airport| San Jose International opened a $65 million runway after 19 months of construction | |
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