San Francisco says it will sue if Oakland goes ahead with changing the name of its airport from Metropolitan Oakland International Airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport.
Travelers prepare to enter Oakland International airport Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. Oakland’s airport is considering a name-change to include “San Francisco” to attract more passengers but San Francisco officials are slamming the move, saying it will confuse …
“In addition to the immense confusion and chaos the renaming would cause for travelers and consumers generally, this proposal also infringes on SFO’s trademark. … If Oakland moves forward with this proposal, San Francisco will pursue legal action to prevent misuse of our trademark,” San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said this week.
The name change “will boost inbound travelers’ geographic awareness of the airport by highlighting the airport’s location on the San Francisco Bay. This name will make it clear that OAK is the closest major airport, for 4.1 million people … and California’s Wine Country,” Oakland Port Commission President Barbara Leslie said in a statement.
The Board of Supervisors in San Mateo County, home of the San Francisco airport, also opposes the name change, writing that it “has the potential to cause significant confusion for the traveling public and others, as well as to cause adverse economic impacts for businesses that have products delivered by plane.”
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