San Francisco has sued Oakland after officials there voted in favor of changing the name of the city’s airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport.

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.

  • Jarix
    20·
    6 months ago

    All canadian airports use Y as the first letter. But its not only canadian airports that use Y as the first letter in the code.

    Weird

    • Cheesus
      20·
      6 months ago

      Not all Canadian airports use Y. They use Y to denote yes it has a radio beacon. If it doesn’t, they start with W for without.

      • Jarix
        20·
        6 months ago

        Oh it was my understanding that was the way it used to be but was changed years ago, appreciate the correction!

    • talEnglish
      20·
      6 months ago

      I remember watching some video on YouTube once about ICAO code allocation. They try to make things fit some general themes, but have a lot of exceptions for practicality.

      Might have been CGP Grey.

      checks

      Yup.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfOUVYQnuhw