New Flights, Short-term Parking Now Available at Oakland International Airport.News Editors & City Desks OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2001 Oakland International Airport
Oakland International Airport (IATA: OAK, ICAO: KOAK, FAA LID: OAK), also known as today welcomed new scheduled airline service and the return of short-term parking. Delta Air Lines today launched three daily nonstop flights between Oakland and Salt Lake City with 50-seat regional jet aircraft. Flights depart from Terminal One. The following is Delta`s schedule between Oakland International Airport (OAK) and Salt Lake City International Airport Salt Lake City International Airport (IATA: SLC, ICAO: KSLC) is a public airport located in western Salt Lake City, Utah. The airport is the second largest and one of the fastest growing hubs for Delta Air Lines, as well as hubs for Delta Connection (SLC (Subscriber Loop Carrier) Lucent's designation for its digital loop carrier (DLC) products. See digital loop carrier. See also 386SLC. ): Route Flight # Departure Time Arrival Time ----- -------- -------------- ------------ OAK to SLC 3836 6:10 a.m. 9:05 a.m. OAK to SLC 3838 12:50 p.m. 3:45 p.m. OAK to SLC 3840 4:25 p.m. 7:20 p.m. SLC to OAK 3837 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. SLC to OAK 3839 2:55 p.m. 3:55 p.m. SLC to OAK 3841 10:10 p.m. 11:10 p.m. This past June, Delta launched twice daily service between Oakland and Atlanta. Oakland International Airport also re-opened a portion of its Short-Term (Hourly) Parking Lot today. The lot was closed shortly after new Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control (FAA) security measures Noun 1. security measures - measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc.; "military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising" security were implemented. Approximately 800 spaces are now available; prior to the September 11 tragedy, the lot was designed to hold about 1,200 vehicles. The entrance into the lot is the same as before the closure, however, the lot has been reconfigured to maintain the 300-foot perimeter required by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations. "This is great news for Oakland International Airport customers," said Cyndy Johnson, airport spokesperson. "New service and more parking -- these are some of the positive signs that air travel is slowly starting to pick up after the tragedy three weeks ago. Our parking lots are starting to fill up again and the terminals are starting to feel more crowded." More new service is expected later this month when Southwest Airlines This article is about the American airline. For the former Japanese airline, see Japan Transocean Air. For the British airline, see Air Southwest. Southwest Airlines Co. launches a daily nonstop flight between Oakland and New Orleans later this month and previously announced service to the Washington, D.C. area is postponed until spring, Johnson added. Oakland International Airport served more than 10.6 million passengers and handled more than 700,000 metric tons of air cargo in 2000. Oakland International has nearly 200 daily flights on 13 domestic and international carriers to 31 nonstop destinations, including the Hawaiian Islands, the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of area, and several cities in Mexico List of the largest cities in Mexico: City Population (est. 2002) México, DF (Mexico City) 8,548,639 Ecatepec de Morelos, México 1,969,858 Guadalajara, Jalisco 1,651,417 Tijuana, Baja California 1,465,649 Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 1,440,025 . Other new service in 2001 includes two daily flights to Las Vegas and four nonstop flights a week to Kona on Aloha Airlines, a nightly nonstop to Detroit on Spirit Airlines and one additional nonstop flight each to the New York area on JetBlue Airways and Continental Airlines. The airport is a revenue division of the Port of Oakland The Port of Oakland was the first major port on the Pacific Coast of the United States to build terminals for container ships. It is now the fourth busiest container port in the United States; behind Long Beach, Los Angeles, and Newark. , an independent department of the city of Oakland. Oakland International Airport has plans for a $1.5 billion expansion program known as the Airport Development Program (ADP (1) (Automatic Data Processing) Synonymous with data processing (DP), electronic data processing (EDP) and information processing. (2) (Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Roseland, NJ, www.adp. ). The ADP is an umbrella program for 18 expansion and improvement projects that includes the addition of 12 passenger gates, a six-lane parkway into the airport from I-880, a consolidated terminal building, and a multi-level parking facility. The ADP is expected to take five- to seven- years to complete after all legal issues are addressed. For more information on Oakland International Airport and for current traveler advisories, please visit the airport's web site at www.oaklandairport.com. |
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