One Bay Space airport desires so as to add “San Francisco” to its title regardless that it isn’t positioned within the Metropolis by the Bay.
As for the airport that’s positioned in San Francisco, it isn’t comfortable in regards to the title change plan.
The Oakland Worldwide Airport will contemplate on April 11 altering its title to San Francisco Bay Oakland Worldwide Airport, in response to an announcement by Oakland Board of Port Commissioners President Barbara Leslie. The airport code OAK and model visuals wouldn’t change below the proposal.
“The Port is contemplating a reputation modification to spice up inbound vacationers’ geographic consciousness of the airport’s location on the San Francisco Bay,” Leslie mentioned within the assertion. “This may shield our airport’s over 30,000 good-paying, direct jobs and $1.6 billion in financial affect on the area.”
Jennifer Bridie, a spokesperson for Southwest Airways, which serves Oakland, additionally supported the transfer, saying that Oakland has “helped put us on the map in California.”
“We’re wholeheartedly supportive of this rebranding that acknowledges OAK’s financial place and affect within the San Francisco Bay space whereas staying true to its Oakland roots,” she mentioned in an announcement.
Nonetheless, not everyone seems to be a fan of the proposed change.
The San Francisco Worldwide Airport, which has been working since 1927 and used San Francisco Airport or its present title for many of its historical past, has expressed “severe issues” in regards to the thought to rename the Oakland airport.
“Given this historical past, we anticipate the brand new title being thought-about by the Metropolitan Oakland Worldwide Airport will trigger confusion for the general public, both by a misunderstanding of its bodily location or its perceived relationship to SFO,” San Francisco Worldwide Airport Director Ivar Satero mentioned in an announcement.
Satero requested that the Oakland airport reject the title change as a result of it could “solely lead to confusion and inconvenience to the touring public all of us serve.”
This wouldn’t be the primary time an airport has modified its title to attempt to bolster its picture and draw extra passengers.
Bob Hope Airport officers voted in 2016 to alter its airfield’s title to Hollywood Burbank Airport to extend recognition with folks outdoors of Southern California.
