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Oakland airport foot traffic reaches highest level since pandemic onset
Oakland International Airport is showing signs of recovery with February foot traffic reaching the highest level since the pandemic onset.Read More
Oakland airport sees double Thanksgiving travelers compared to 2020
The number of travelers departing Oakland International Airport more than doubled this Thanksgiving holiday week compared with last year, airport officials said Tuesday. Over 148,000 people departed the airport...Read More
Air traffic control issues, weather cause dozens of flight cancellations
Twenty-eight Southwest Airlines’ flights have been canceled so far Monday at the Bay Area’s three major airports, extending the large number of flight cancellations this past weekend, officials said....Read More
SFO issues first U.S. airport vaccine mandate for all on-site personnel
San Francisco will require that all San Francisco International Airport on-site personnel, including tenants and contractors, be vaccinated under a new mandate announced by city officials Tuesday, the first...Read More
DHS extends Real ID deadline to May 2023 due to pandemic delays
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has extended its full enforcement of Real ID-compliant driver’s licenses from Oct. 1, 2021 to 2023 due to the pandemic, DHS officials announced...Read More
Oakland airport offers pre-travel Covid-19 tests for nonstop flights to Hawaii
As interstate traveling restrictions ease, Oakland International Airport announced Thursday that it is offering multiple daily flights to Hawaii and pre-travel coronavirus testing for passengers. Hawaiian Airlines is providing...Read More
SF health officials order 10-day quarantine for anyone who travels outside Bay Area
Public health officials in San Francisco have issued an order requiring a mandatory 10-day quarantine for anyone who travels into The City from outside the Bay Area. The order...Read More
Oakland airport to offer 15-minute Covid-19 tests as Hawaii travel partner
Oakland International Airport and CityHealth Urgent Care will open a second coronavirus testing facility at the airport as it becomes a certified testing and travel partner with the state...Read More
Officials ask tourists, visitors to leave Santa Cruz County to make room for evacuees
The Santa Cruz County Emergency Operations Center on Thursday asked all visitors, tourists and out-of-towners staying in local overnight accommodations like hotels, motels and vacation rentals to leave the...Read More
Flights out of Oakland decline again after June travel spike
Passenger traffic in June at Oakland International Airport was up more than 100 percent compared with May, but demand for air travel nationwide is again showing signs of weakening,...Read More
Oakland airport reports nearly 100 percent passenger drop in April
Oakland International Airport on Thursday reported a nearly 100 percent drop in passenger volumes as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic. With much of the country still under...Read More
TSA says virus transmission risk low despite three officers testing positive
The Transportation Security Administration announced late Tuesday that three TSA officers who work at Mineta San Jose International Airport have tested positive for novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19....Read More
Grand Princess evacuation expected at Port of Oakland Monday, agencies work out ‘enormous complexities’
A 10-acre site at the Port of Oakland is being prepared and secured for the anticipated arrival of the quarantined Grand Princess cruise ship and evacuations of passengers anticipated...Read More
Twenty-one people aboard Grand Princess test positive for COVID-19
Forty-six people aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship moored just outside San Francisco were swabbed for novel coronavirus, 21 of which tested positive. Vice President Mike Pence shared the...Read More
Four of 234 evacuees quarantined at Travis exhibit coronavirus symptoms
A second flight of evacuees from the heart of China’s novel coronavirus outbreak arrived overnight at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, according to U.S. government officials. At about...Read More
Second Santa Clara County coronavirus case ‘not unexpected’
Health officials on Sunday confirmed the second case of 2019 novel coronavirus in Santa Clara County. The newest incidence, involving an adult woman, is not related to the first...Read More
SFO cuts back dozens of flights from China as coronavirus spreads
Starting next week, the number of weekly flights to China from San Francisco will drop from 90 to 55 due to the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus. This week,...Read More
Travelers from Wuhan being screened for coronavirus at SFO
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is screening passengers arriving to San Francisco International Airport from Wuhan, China for a new strain of the coronavirus. The screenings will...Read More