Mineta San Jose International Airport is committed to successful partnerships with its airlines that benefit Silicon Valley residents and businesses and that increase the availability of flights at SJC. We have two different air service incentive programs to encourage airline partners to provide flights to unserved and underserved destinations.
Focus City Incentive Program
SJC offers a two-year waiver of fees on all flights to new cities as well as added flights to underserved cities to any airline that chooses to designate San Jose as a “focus city.”
Under a Focus City agreement with the Airport, an airline would commit to adding at least four new flights each year for two consecutive years. The Airport in turn would waive fees and provide additional support for the new flights during this period.
For more details about the Focus City incentive, contact Ed Nelson at 408-501-7603 or email him at enelson@sjc.org.
Flexible Route Incentive Program
This program is designed for flexibility to encourage incremental airline route decisions, and it provides benefits for carriers that add short-haul, medium-haul, or long-haul routes, both to unserved and underserved domestic and international destinations.
This program offers the following:
New short-haul domestic routes/flights: 12-month 100% fee waiver.
New medium-haul domestic routes/flights: 24-month fee waiver – 100% in the first year, 50% in the second year.
New short-haul international routes/flights: 24-month fee waiver –100% in first year, 50% in the second year.
New long-haul international routes/flights: 36-month fee waiver – 100% in the first year, 66% in the second year, and 33% in the third year.
To view San Jose’s current list of targeted domestic and international destinations eligible for airline incentives, go here: Desired Destinations (PDF).
For more details on the Flexible Route Incentive program, contact Ed Nelson at 408-501-7603 or email him at enelson@sjc.org.
