July 13, 2016
Southwest Airlines announces first ever international flights from Oakland International Airport to San Jose del Cabo/Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico At a press conference at Oakland International Airport today, Southwest Airlines Co. announced that they filed application with the U. S. Department of Transportation to offer nonstop service daily between Oakland International Airport and both […]
July 13, 2016
Oakland International Airport records busiest month since 2007 A busy summer travel season has lifted passenger traffic at Oakland International Airport to a six-year high…
July 7, 2016
Port of Oakland opens new $100M railyard The Port of Oakland today welcomed the first train to use a new, $100 million near-dock rail facility at the former Army Base. The new tracks are located in the Port’s Outer Harbor Intermodal Terminal area. They were designed as part of a strategy to enhance the Port’s […]
May 12, 2016
Norwegian Airlines announces first ever flights to London from Oakland International Airport; flights to Barcelona and Copenhagen beginning in 2017 Starting today, Oakland International Airport (OAK) offers nonstop flights to Gatwick “Your London Airport” on Norwegian. The new three-times-weekly service marks the first nonstop route from OAK to the United Kingdom and the only nonstop […]
February 12, 2016
Port invests $1.5 million in night, weekend gates to ease congestion after Port consolidates from five to four marine terminals Port of Oakland Commissioners have authorized spending up to $1.5 million to open night and weekend marine terminal gates here. The funds would be used to increase access hours for harbor truck drivers at the […]
February 1, 2016
CIM Group takes over management at Jack London Square. The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners has approved the assignment of several long term leases at Jack London Square to CIM Group. CIM is a full service real estate and infrastructure investment firm headquartered in Los Angeles with regional offices located at One Kaiser Plaza in […]
January 1, 2016
Port of Oakland welcomes CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, first megaship in the U.S. The Port of Oakland successfully berthed the largest cargo ship to ever visit the U.S. The CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, at 1,310-feet nearly a quarter-mile long, tied up at the Port’s Outer Harbor. By docking without incident, it symbolically opened the Trans-Pacific […]