Airport Passengers More Than Double From April To May

Press release from Oakland International Airport:

June 17, 2020

Oakland, CA: (June 16, 2020) – Oakland International Airport (OAK) today announced that newly-released data for May 2020 show passenger traffic activity inching up from April. The Airport counted 105,593 passengers for the month, more than double the 45,819 passengers in April. Traffic is still 91.2% behind the same period in 2019.

The upward trend is expected to continue through June 2020 with Southwest Airlines increasing its flight schedule at OAK by about 25 daily departures to more than 60 in total – still half compared with one year ago. Alaska Airlines, Allegiant Airlines, Spirit Airlines, and Volaris are also expected to increase flights through the summer.

MONTHLY PASSENGER TOTALS:

MAY 2020: 105,593

APRIL 2020: 45,819

1 MONTH CHANGE: +130%

MAY 2019: 1,136,370

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