SAN JOSE — Passenger activity soared in June at San Jose International Airport as well over 1 million people transited through the Silicon Valley aviation hub — but the airport remains well below its pre-COVID heights.
San Jose airport handled slightly over 1.12 million passengers during June, which was 4.6% above the passenger levels during the same month the year before, airport officials reported Monday.
Despite the improvement, the South Bay air travel complex remains well below the record levels that it achieved in 2019, the final full year before the onset of coronavirus-linked business lockdowns.
In 2019, San Jose Airport handled 15.65 million passengers or an average of 1.3 million passengers a month.
Over the one-year period that ended in June, San Jose Airport accommodated 12.13 million passengers or 1.01 million a month.
This means that during the most recent 12 months, total passenger activity at San Jose Airport was 22.5% below the total for 2019.
Like San Jose, the other two major Bay Area airports, Oakland and San Francisco, also remain well below their pre-COVID passenger activity peaks.
Also akin to San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland are showing steady improvement so far in 2023.
Bay Area airports have experienced a sluggish convalescence from the economic ailments that the coronavirus unleashed.
The tech sector has been slow to embrace business travel at the levels that the industry demanded prior to the outbreak of the coronavirus in March 2020.
All three Bay Area airports rely greatly on business travel for their passenger activity.
Overall, however, San Jose airport officials believe the South Bay aviation center continues to chart an upward trajectory, despite its shortfalls compared to the pre-COVID levels.
“We’re pleased with the volumes we’ve seen throughout the summer, which tell us that passengers are reclaiming their comfort with and desire for flying,” San Jose Airport Director John Aitken said.
San Jose Airport is adding passenger service. Spirit Airlines launched its first flights out of San Jose this year while ZipAir initiated nonstop flights to Tokyo.
The airport also has expanded its food and beverage offerings, adding concessions such as Stump’s Taproom + Kitchen, which opened this spring, along with SJ Mac + Cheese, which is slated to open by summer’s end.
“The numbers at the end of this fiscal year are a good representation of our resilience and an indication of what we expect through the end of the calendar year,” Aitken said “Our overall outlook is positive.”
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