November 15, 2009

San Jose Airport versus San Francisco Airport

San Jose Improves Its Airport; Now, Just Flights Lag – NYTimes.com
These days, it is only a slight exaggeration to say that Mineta San Jose International Airport, which serves the 10th-largest city in the United States, offers nonstop service to nowhere.

Now, it relies on two daily flights to Mexico to justify the “international” in its name. Although flights to California cities are abundant, San Jose travelers can board only one plane a day to the East Coast — a red-eye to New York on JetBlue Airways, which recently decided to cancel all other service from the city.

For Mr. Khiani, more flights would be nice, but the airport, like the city, does the job well enough. “The people who chose to live in San Jose know what they signed up for — same as the people who live in Jersey, right?” he said.

Ouch! That stings!

And it’s not even accurate… New Jersey has Newark Airport.

Well… at least we can console ourselves in knowing that San Jose is more expensive to live in than New Jersey. Woot!

Comments (4) -- Posted by: burbed @ 5:49 am

4 Responses to “San Jose Airport versus San Francisco Airport”

  1. sprezzatura Says:

    SJI sucks. Avoid. SFO has its own issues (parking?!?!) but at least it truly owns the “International” in its name and flights back East are plentiful.

  2. Joe Says:

    There’s an airport in San Jose???????

  3. Alex Says:

    Yeah, the airport in on Tully near Capitol Expressway.

  4. sonarrat Says:

    Yeah, the airport in on Tully near Capitol Expressway.

    That one on De La Cruz Blvd. is just a model airplane park.


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