San Jose Airport Surpasses Passenger Record Last Year

SAN JOSE, CA -- Mineta San Jose International Airport is flying high on its milestones -- and even looking ahead for more at having reached a new passenger record in 2018.

The Silicon Valley airport served 14.3 million departing and arriving passengers last year, which amounts to a 14.7 percent increase and a new record of 1.8 million more customers choosing the aviation center for their travel plans versus 2017.

The airport also marked six consecutive years of solid passenger growth.

The airport team celebrated in December surpassing the previous peak of 14.2 million passengers reached in the fiscal year ending July 31. The milestone placed the airport in the No. 2 ranking for most passengers served in the San Francisco Bay Area.

“The SJC team and partners celebrated two incredible milestones in 2018, by marking a new record of serving 14.3 million travelers, 1.8 million more than the prior year, and regaining
the No. 2 position among Bay Area airports for passenger activity,” said John Aitken, director of aviation for Mineta San Jose International Airport. “Our growth in 2018 was driven not only by new domestic and international routes but by substantial increases in passengers traveling on newly-competitive routes, including Cabo San Lucas, and daytime New York-JFK flights on two airlines.

Aitken continued: “SJC travelers will be surprised and delighted with new service upgrades in 2019 to include nonstop flights to the places where they want to go; exciting food, beverage and retail concessions; six new boarding gates so airlines can co-locate their flights, (thus) reducing passengers’ footsteps in the terminals; and expedited boarding for international passengers with the roll-out of facial recognition technology.”

--Image courtesy of Mineta San Jose International Airport