The name change would have added “San Francisco Bay” to Oakland International Airport’s name.
View of the Oakland International Airport with the San Francisco skyline in the background seen from San Leandro earlier this year. SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the renaming of Oakland International Airport, ruling that adding “San Francisco Bay” to the name causes travelers to mistakenly believe that the East Bay airport is affiliated with or run by the same management as San Francisco’s airport.
“Because in the United States the name of a city is normally in the name of an airport only if the city owns or partially owns that airport, the new name for the Oakland airport strongly implies affiliation with San Francisco and the San Francisco International Airport,” Hixson wrote. “This damages the goodwill and value of San Francisco’s Mark and deprives San Francisco of control over its Mark.”
from people in the San Francisco tourism and hospitality industry, many travelers and some California legislators. Some airlines, including Spirit Airlines, Southwest Airlines and Volaris, supported the name change, while others including United Airlines, Japan Airlines and Vietnam Airlines, opposed the change.
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