Oakland International Airport ready for a busy Thanksgiving travel period

Oakland, Calif. – November 17, 2021: Oakland International Airport expects nearly 170,000 passengers to travel through the airport during the 2021 Thanksgiving holiday period.  Between Wednesday, November 24th through Sunday November 28th, OAK anticipates hosting approximately twice as many travelers as it did during Thanksgiving weekend 2020. The weekend should reach approximately 80% of Thanksgiving 2019 passenger traffic, which was prior to the start of the pandemic.  “We are ready to welcome far more […]

Oakland International Airport reports August and September 2021 traffic

Oakland, Calif. – November 10, 2021: Oakland International Airport, the second busiest airport in the San Francisco Bay Area, reports passenger and cargo traffic for August and September 2021. “Passenger activity at Oakland International Airport dipped slightly in the last two months, likely a result of the COVID-19 Delta variant leading to a resurgence of […]

Port of Oakland names Nyika Allen as Assistant Director of Aviation for Business, Strategy, and Finance

Oakland, Calif. – November 5, 2021: Albuquerque Airport Director Nyika Allen is headed to the San Francisco Bay Area to begin as Assistant Director of Aviation for Business, Strategy, and Finance at Oakland International Airport. Ms. Allen will lead the teams responsible for the airport’s revenue divisions including Properties, Ground Transportation, and Marketing. Allen is an experienced airport executive with strong background in business development and a successful history […]

Port of Oakland chief asks state help in supply chain crisis

Sacramento, Calif., Nov. 5, 2021 – Speaking as President of the California Association of Port Authorities (CAPA), Port of Oakland Executive Director Danny Wan requested state help on Wednesday to ease a U.S. supply chain crisis. He called for increased collaboration and solutions from all levels of government as containerized cargo continues to back up […]

Port of Oakland sees no backlog on docks, calls for cargo

Oakland, Calif. – Oct. 19, 2021: Port of Oakland officials today called on shipping lines to route more cargo here midst supply chain calamities elsewhere. The Port said its marine terminals are congestion-free, unlike competing ports crippled by record global trade volumes. It urged restoration of shipping services that have bypassed Oakland since summer. “There’s […]

Port of Oakland’s Danny Wan heads statewide port group

Oakland, Calif. – Oct. 14, 2021: Port of Oakland Executive Director Danny Wan is the new President of the California Association of Port Authorities (CAPA). Members of the trade group selected Mr. Wan this week. He succeeds Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka.  Mr. Wan manages both a seaport and airport. The Port […]

Port of Oakland regains Japan giant’s key Asia ship route

Oakland, Calif., Oct. 11, 2021 – Japanese shipping giant Ocean Network Express (ONE) is restoring a key Asia-U.S., trade route at the Port of Oakland. The world’s sixth-largest container carrier brings its PS5 service back to Oakland Nov. 13, the Port said today. The service connects the U.S. West Coast with ports in Tokyo and […]

Delta Air Lines to fly new nonstop between Oakland and Detroit

Oakland, Calif. – October 4, 2021: Oakland International Airport (OAK) is pleased to announce that Delta Air Lines will begin new nonstop service between OAK and Detroit, MI (DTW) beginning April 20, 2022. Flights will operate once daily on the schedule shown below. Eastbound – Daily:      Depart OAK 11:50 PM – Arrive DTW 7:15 AM Westbound – Daily:     Depart […]

Newest, giant crane at Oakland Seaport began operations

Oakland, CA – October 1, 2021:Another new, huge, ship-to-shore crane (STS) started operating this week at the Port of Oakland on the Ben E. Nutter Terminal. The terminal is run by Everport Terminal Services, Inc. (ETS) which made the investment in the giant crane to enhance its maritime infrastructure at Oakland. “New container cranes help keep the Port of Oakland competitive and ready to handle record cargo volumes,” said Port of Oakland Maritime Director Bryan Brandes. “New operational infrastructure supports growing the maritime business […]

Port of Oakland lands fourth first-call service in 2021

Oakland, Calif. – Sept. 30, 2021: Another major shipping line is bringing first-call service to the Port of Oakland in 2021.  The Port said today that Geneva-based MSC would launch an Oakland route to Southeast Asia Nov. 6.  MSC said its weekly service would link Oakland with ports in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The […]