NEWS

June 29, 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Michael C. McCarron Director, Bureau of Community Affairs (650) 821-4000 SF-05-30 [email protected]

SUMMER TRAVEL HEATS UP AT SFO New Beat Projections, International Travel Exceeds Pre-9/11 Peak

SAN FRANCISCO -- Summer travel heats up at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) with existing and new airlines offering 428,121 seats on 3,113 flights per week for domestic and international travel beginning July 1, to meet growing passenger demand.

“New domestic and international airlines that began SFO service as late as last month are already exceeding their projections for summer travel bookings,” said John L. Martin, Director of San Francisco International Airport.

Independence Air launched non-stop service May 1 between SFO and its hub at Washington D.C.’s Dulles International Airport (IAD), with fares as low as $109.

“Since launching our SFO-IAD service, we have achieved our highest load factors in the one-year history of the ,” said Rick DeLisi, Director of Corporate Communications for Independence Air. “May's load factor was 72.9 percent and both June and July are expected to surpass that figure. Demand to and from SFO is significantly outpacing the system average.”

Summer travel bookings for Icelandair's San Francisco-Europe service, which began May 18, are exceeding the airline's projections.

“Even before our first flight landed at SFO, we had surpassed our U.S. passenger sales targets for May through October, our entire period of operation,” said Gunnar Eklund, Icelandair General Manager - The Americas. “Our overall load factor for incoming and outgoing flights in July already exceeds 96 percent.”

International Travel Exceeds Pre-September 11th Peak SFO’s international service – non-stop links with more than 29 international points on 25 international carriers – continues to grow, with an 8.6% increase in passenger traffic in April 2005 over the previous year.

Total passenger traffic for the first ten months of the fiscal year increased 6.9% over the same period in FY 2003/4, and exceeds peak activity levels of FY 1999/2000 by 4.7%.

“Bay Area residents and visitors are booking more international flights from SFO today than they were just before the attacks on September 11th,” said Airport Director Martin. “In addition, as one of the most popular destinations in the world and the gateway to the Pacific Rim, we are seeing greater inbound international travel than in the past five years.”

New, Expanded and Reinstated Service: Airlines SFO Service SFO connects non-stop with 60+ cities in the on 20 domestic airlines, including more flights to the New York area than all other Bay Area airports combined.

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Song, Delta’s low fare carrier, begins daily non-stop service July 4 between SFO and New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), the only low-cost carrier to service this route. Service will expand to five daily, non-stop flights between SFO and JFK by September 1, 2005. Fares begin at $192 each way.

Song will further expand its SFO service September 6th with the introduction of twice-daily service to Boston’s Logan International Airport (BOS). Fares begin at $194 each way.

During the last 18 months a plethora of airlines have begun domestic and international service from SFO, increased existing service or reinstated service to popular destinations. This includes:

· : SFO-Auckland (AKL) non-stop, thrice weekly service (Wed, Fri and Sun) with partners began June 2004. Service expanded to six days per week in November 2005; daily service planned beginning January 2006.

· AirTran: SFO-Atlanta (ATL) second daily flight added in May 2004

· American: SFO-Kahului/Maui (OGG) daily service offered all year since December 2004

· Belair: SFO-Zurich (ZRH) non-stop, seasonal service begins June 2005 (operating Thursdays only, June 30-September 1, 2005)

· Icelandair: SFO-Reykjavik (REK) twice weekly, non-stop service began May 2005; increased to four times per week in June 2005

· Independence Air: SFO-Washington Dulles (IAD) non-stop, thrice daily service began May 2005

· Northwest: SFO-Honolulu (HNL) non-stop, daily service reinstated December 2004

· Song: SFO-New York (JFK) non-stop, twice-daily service begins July 2005, increasing to five daily flights by September 2005. Non-stop service to Boston (BOS) beginning September 2005.

· Sun Country: SFO-Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP) non-stop, seasonal service expanded to 12-month service in September 2004

· Ted: SFO non-stop service to Phoenix (PHX) and Las Vegas (LAS) began February 2004. Puerto Vallarta (PVR) and San Jose del Cabo (SJD) daily service began December 2004. Two daily flights to Ontario, California, (ONT) beginning September 2005.

· : SFO-Beijing (PEK), non-stop, daily service reinstated June 2004. New SFO-Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) service began December 2004; Nagoya (NGO), March 2005.

· : SFO-Colorado Springs (COS) non-stop, twice daily service began February 2005. Albuquerque (ABQ) twice daily service began May 2005; San Antonio (SAT), April 2005.

· WestJet: SFO-Calgary, Canada (YYC) non-stop, service expanded to five, weekly non-stops in May 2005

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About San Francisco International Airport SFO (www.flysfo.com) connects non-stop with more than 60 cities in the United States on 20 domestic airlines, including more than twice as many non-stop flights to the New York area than other Bay Area airports combined. In addition, SFO offers non-stop links with more than 30 international points on 25 international carriers, making SFO the Bay Area’s Airport of Choice. Fabulous Fun Facts for the Fourth!

Passenger Travel –

· Between July 1 and July 5 it is estimated that approximately 592,000 passengers will travel in and out of the gates at SFO. · This is an 8.7% increase over the same time in 2004. · Arriving International passengers is up 8.62% year -to-date compared to 2004 and 4.2% compared to 2000.

International Enplaned/Deplaned Passengers

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New Service –

· Song, Delta Airlines discount carrier will begin service on July 4 with daily non-stop service between SFO and JFK. In September, it will expand its SFO-JFK service to five flights a day and also add twice-a-day service to Boston’s Logan Airport. · In the last 18 months SFO has added the following new carriers: o Air New Zealand with 3 flight flights a week to Auckland increasing to 6/week in November; o AirTran has two daily flights to ATL; o Belair will begin its weekly seasonal flights to ZUH this week; o Icelandair began twice-a-week service to REK last month and is expanding to 4-times a week this month; o Independence Air started three flights a day between SFO and IAD in May 2005; o WestJet now has five non-stop flights per week to YYC. · Existing carriers have also added the following service: o In December 2004, added daily direct service from SFO to Maui; o Also in December 2004, Northwest restarted its SFO-HNL service; o Sun Country expanded its seasonal service between SFO and MSP in September 2004; o Ted, United Airlines discount service started SFO nonstop service to Phoenix (PHX) and Las Vegas (LAS) began February 2004; Puerto Vallarta (PVR) and San Jose del Cabo (SJD) daily service began December 2004. Two daily flights to Ontario, California, (ONT) beginning September 2005; o United Airlines reinstated its SFO-PEK service in June 2004 and started new service to Ho Chi Minh City in December 2004 and Nagoya in March 2005; o United Express expanded service to COS in February 2005, to SAT in April 2005 and to ABQ in May 2005.

New Concessions and Food & Beverage Options –

· Last month SFO held its grand opening for its new food & beverage operation “San Francisco Marketplace.” · Designed to bring in locally owned and operated establishments that will provide our passengers, tenants and employees with high quality food and drink at a fair value, the program has been an overwhelming success. o Initial customer comments have extremely positive. o During the week of June 12 – 18, food and beverage sales exceeded $1.5 million. o If this trend continues, revenue from food and beverage operations will exceed the previous year’s total by 40%! · New Concessions – o Erwin Pearl, offering fashion jewelry, watches and accessories is open in Terminal 3, Boarding Area “F” near gate 82; o Wine Wisdom, providing retail wine sales, wine tasting and gourmet food, is also located in Terminal 3, Boarding Area “F” near Gate 85; o Trendsetters is now open in International Terminal Boarding Area G, replacing the old Leather Report. Trendsetters sells "trendsetting accessories" including designer handbags, sunglasses and watches.

Traffic, Transportation and Time in Lines –

· SFO has plenty of parking available for all of our travelers: o Short term parking is available in the central Domestic Garage and either of the International Garages; o Long term parking is also available in the Long Term Parking at –$13 per day for the first 6 days and $11 thereafter, including tax. When all spaces in the Long Term Parking lot are filled, as is often the case on the Independence Day holiday weekend, customers will be given a voucher for terminal parking at the daily rate of $13 per day. Required voucher is obtainable at the Long Term Parking lot. · SFO has the best public access of any Airport in North America! o BART provides direct service from San Francisco and the East Bay, with an easy link to CalTrain at the Millbrae Station; o AirTrain, SFO’s automated people mover, runs 24-hours a day to shuttle passengers between the garages, the terminals, the Rental Car Center and the BART station; o Scheduled buses, door-to-door vans, limousines, and taxi cab companies provide frequent, reliable and inexpensive transportation between SFO and all parts of the Bay Area; o SamTrans provides local and express bus service between SFO and Peninsula communities, as well as downtown San Francisco 24 hours every day, including holidays. o Caltrain provides both weekday and weekend service to Millbrae with connection via BART to SFO.

· Passengers traveling on domestic flights should arrive at least 90 minutes prior to their scheduled departure times.

· Passengers on international flights should arrive at least two hours prior to the scheduled departure times.

· The Transportation Security Administration states that travelers at SFO can expect a 7 – 9 minute average wait time to pass through a security checkpoint.