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| Feb.13 |
OAK |
Director Kevin Smith Thrown Off Flight| Film producer was removed from a flight to LA after crew determined that he was too overweight and insisted he have to purchase 2 seats | |
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| Feb.6 |
SFO |
E. Coast Storms Prompt Cancellations Mid-Atlantic and SoCal storms have prompted flight cancellations and delays at San Francisco International Airport
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| Jan.5 |
SFO |
JetBlue expands presence in SF The New York-based JetBlue is adding flights there to New York, Boston and Long Beach
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| Nov.26 |
Discovery Bay |
Pilots Group Against New Power Plant A private association that helped to wage a successful battle against a proposed power plant in Hayward is moving to block a similar plant near...
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| Oct.1 |
Danville |
Hero Capt. 'Sully' Returns To The Skies Capt. Chesley Sullenberger from Danville and 1st Officer Jeffrey Skiles flew Thursday from Charlotte, N.C., to New York
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| Sep.17 |
SFO |
New kiosks first to sell carbon offsets Travelers can be the first in the nation to wipe away some of the damage their flights wreak on the planet by swiping their credit cards
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| Aug.9 |
SJC |
Airport Gets Top Rating From Pilots
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| Jul.13 |
SJC |
New Terminal B To Open At Int'l Airport
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| Mar.10 |
Burlingame |
Virgin America CEO remains optimistic President and CEO David Cush said today the airline had an operating loss of $27 million on revenues of about $110 million in the fourth quarter
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| Mar.8 |
SJC |
Airport Receives $4.6M 'Green' Grant
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| Feb.20 |
Moffett Field |
Fresh cash windfall for zeppelin Airship Ventures offers 1- and 2-hour flights out of Moffett and OAK. A standard 1-hour flight is $495 per person and 2 hours is $950
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| Feb.12 |
SFO |
Traffic up 4.8% in 2008
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| Dec.16 |
SFO |
Service to United Arab Emirates takes off
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| Oct.30 |
SFO |
Airport To Test Runway Safety Program
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| Sep.9 |
South SF |
Solazyme producing oil from algae The startup said that it had produced the world's first algal-derived jet fuel and had passed 11 tests necessary for use in aviation
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| Aug.5 |
SFO |
Laptop with Clear applicants' info found Verified Identity Pass found a laptop containing the personal information of 33,000 people more than a week after it apparently went missing
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| Aug.4 |
SFO |
Largest Passenger Plane In World Lands
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| Jun.13 |
OAK |
Continental to end flights to Oakland
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| May.22 |
SFO |
SFO expects holiday travel to jump 5%
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| May.5 |
OAK |
American To Discontinue Flights At OAK
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| Mar.13 |
OAK |
Southwest Grounds Jets
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| Oct.8 |
Napa |
Officials may be up for acquiring airport County officials plan to look into the feasibility of buying a 60-acre airport now owned by a private liberal arts college
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| Oct.4 |
SFO |
World's Largest Commercial Jetliner Comes A giant new plane, airbus a-380, made its first landing at SFO
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| Sep.26 |
SFO |
Virgin America Begins To D.C. Service
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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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| Aug.8 |
SFO |
Virgin America Lands Inaugural Flight
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| Jun.25 |
SJC |
Airport Officials Detail $1.3B Expansion
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| May.4 |
SFO |
Gala welcome for JetBlue |
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| May.3 |
SFO |
JetBlue Begins Service JetBlue Airways launched its newest service out of International airport
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Burlingame |
Virgin America Gets OK For U.S. Plan
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| Mar.10 |
Santa Rosa |
Commercial Air Service Returns
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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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| Jan.9 |
SFO |
JetBlue announces SFO flights |
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| Nov.17 |
SFO |
Cheating Involved In Security Contract Officials told airport screeners in advance that they were being tested by undercover agents
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| Sep.27 |
SFO |
SFO first airport with e-passport scanners
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| Aug.10 |
SFO |
National Guard Deployed at Airport Schwarzenegger activated the Guard to bolster security at Calif. airports after authorities foiled a terror plot
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| Jun.26 |
SFO |
Airport Named No. 1 In North America
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| Jun.16 |
SF City Hall |
United May Move Headquarters To SF The airline is considering moving its HQ to one of 3 cities where it operates its biggest hubs
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| May.27 |
San Francisco |
Push On For Helipad On Hospital
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| May.10 |
SJC |
Buses, Limos, Vans Checked At Airport |
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| Apr.2 |
OAK |
New Terminal Moves Forward At Airport
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| Feb.15 |
SFO |
Federal Grant For Noise Abatement |
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| Jan.30 |
San Jose City Hall |
Tax Deal With American Airlines |
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| Sep.23 |
SFO |
SFO Travelers Feel Impact Of Hurricane |
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| Jul.2 |
SFO |
Delta's Song to wing from SFO to JFK |
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| Apr.30 |
SJC |
Mineta Airport Adding Flights |
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| Apr.15 |
SFO |
Cargo Handlers Accused of Stealing| 13 were charged with stealing $200,000 worth of other goods from mail bound for U.S. soldiers stationed in Japan | |
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| Apr.14 |
SFO |
New High-Tech Security Device Tested |
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| Apr.9 |
SFO |
Virgin America Won't Fly Until 2006 |
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| Apr.2 |
SJC |
Residents Protest at Airport |
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| Mar.27 |
SFO |
Maiden non-stop flight to Central Japan |
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| Feb.22 |
SFO |
Former Employee Alleges Security Flaws
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| Nov.28 |
SFO |
100,000 passengers passed on weekend |
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| Sep.23 |
Oakland |
Man sues Southwest |
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| Sep.10 |
OAK |
Alaska Air shuts base, 340 laid off
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| Jul.12 |
SFO |
United Airlines pays $850,000 |
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| Jun.4 |
SFO |
New Virgin-branded airline bases in SF
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| Jan.12 |
SFO |
Airport among 3 worst hit in country |
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| Dec.16 |
SF City Hall |
Supervisors reject SFO contract
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| Aug.15 |
SFO |
Travelers Still Stranded |
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| Jul.13 |
SJC |
Additional workers to ease long lines |
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| Jun.22 |
SFO |
BART Begins Service To SFO| After years of delay, BART hopes to match the success that other cities have had with their rail to airports | |
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| May.21 |
SFO |
Airport project criticized for expenses |
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| Apr.12 |
SFO |
Economic Woes Hit SFO Businesses |
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| Mar.12 |
SJC |
Emergency Drill |
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| Mar.4 |
San Jose City Hall |
Airport Expansion Measure Passes
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| Feb.17 |
SFO |
Eastbound flights cancelled |
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| Jan.14 |
OAK |
Boarding passes required to get through |
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| Jan.4 |
San Francisco |
United ticket office to be closed |
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| Nov.11 |
SFO |
385 federally trained screeners
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| Oct.21 |
San Francisco |
United reservation centers shut down Hundreds of workers at call center have until January 4 to transfer to other centers around the country
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| Oct.19 |
SFO |
Screeners Protest Loss of Jobs |
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| Sep.11 |
OAK |
Two-thirds of normal at Airport |
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| Aug.18 |
SJC |
3200 applied for 475 screener positions |
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| Jul.24 |
SFO |
Security checkpoint was closed |
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| Jun.20 |
SFO |
Sea Lion Breaches Security |
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| Apr.15 |
SJC |
$125 million to insulate 2,000 homes |
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| Dec.15 |
SFO |
Security badges taken from 29 felons Officials are checking the fingerprints of 3,000 workers against the FBI database
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| Nov.20 |
OAK |
Private security to be moved out |
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| Nov.6 |
SJC |
Airport renamed after Mineta |
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| Sep.26 |
SFO |
Insecure SFO |
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| Sep.13 |
SFO |
SFO and SJC reopened| Most foreign carriers did not fly ou of SFO. Some domestic flights leaving | |
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| Sep.4 |
San Jose City Hall |
Airport be named after Norm Mineta |
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| Aug.21 |
SJC |
New runway at Airport
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| Jul.26 |
OAK |
Hazardous waste violations |
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| Jun.13 |
San Jose |
Ellison can land jet after curfew |
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| May.16 |
SFO |
Web site tracks flights |
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| Mar.30 |
SJC |
Airport denies Ellison's exemption |
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| Feb.19 |
SFO |
SFO: bag-matching X-ray security |
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| Aug.16 |
SFO |
Airport radar down |
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| Aug.12 |
SFO |
Terminal opening delayed |