San Francisco on Thursday sued Oakland after officials there voted in favor of changing the name of the city’s airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport, saying the change will cause confusion and is already affecting its airport financially.
Last week, the Board of Commissioners for the Port of Oakland voted unanimously to move forward with the name-change and scheduled a second vote for final approval on May 9. The airport is currently called Oakland International Airport.
“We had hoped Oakland would come to its senses, but their refusal to collaborate on an acceptable alternative name leaves us no choice but to file a lawsuit to protect SFO’s trademark,” San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said in a statement.
It is kinda shitty but the airport is literally on the bay.
Aren’t they both on the bay?
Yes, they are as close as they can be to each other with the water between them.
There are three international airports in the Bay Area:
San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC)
Oakland International Airport (OAK)
also the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is not itself in the city of San Francisco either, it is 12 miles south of the city in San Bruno, with other cities in between (South San Francisco, daly city)