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Airline Air Service Incentive Program

Airline Air Service Incentive Program

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.

New unserved markets and underserved markets qualify for fee waivers, but added flights to well-served cities will not receive any incentive waiver. New flights to well-served cities will count toward the number of new flights added each year under the Focus City program.

For example, a focus city airline could add flights to two unserved cities, one to an underserved city, and one to a well-served city to satisfy the requirement for four new flights per year under the incentive agreement between the airline and the Airport.

Underserved cities*:
AtlantaBostonChicago-MDWChicago-ORD
DallasDenverLas VegasLos Angeles
MinneapolisNew York-JFK/LGA/EWROrange CountyPhoenix
San DiegoSeattle  
*Updated: Effective May 1, 2013

For the complete resolution, click here. For more information, please contact Vicki Day at 408-392-3604 or email her at vday@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:

  1. New short-haul domestic routes/flights: 12-month 100% fee waiver.

    Unserved cities:
    AlbuquerqueEugeneOmahaPalm Springs
    San AntonioSpokaneTucson 

    Underserved cities*:
    DallasDenverLas VegasLos Angeles
    Orange CountyPhoenixSan DiegoSeattle
    *Updated: Effective May 1, 2013

  2. New medium-haul domestic or international routes/flights: 24-month fee waiver – 100% in the first year, 50% in the second year.

    Unserved cities (Domestic):
    BaltimoreCharlotteCincinnatiDetroit
    Fort LauderdaleIndianapolisKansas CityMemphis
    MiamiMilwaukeeNashvilleNewark
    New OrleansOrlandoPhiladelphiaPittsburgh
    Raleigh/DurhamSt. LouisTampaWashington-DCA
    Washington-IAD   

    Unserved cities (International):
    Canada
  3. Toronto
  4. Montreal
  5. Vancouver
  6. Calgary
    		7.  Cities in:
  7. Mexico
  8. Central America

    9. Underserved cities (Domestic):
    New York-JFK/LGA/EWRBostonChicago-ORD
    Chicago-MDWAtlantaMinneapolis

  9. 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.

    Unserved cities:
    OsakaSeoulTaipei 
    BeijingShanghaiHong KongGuangzhou
    ManilaHo Chi Minh CitySingaporeAuckland
    SydneyLondonDublinParis
    AmsterdamFrankfurtMunichZurich
    RomeMilanAthens 

For the complete resolution, click here. For more information, please contact Vicki Day at 408-392-3604 or email her at vday@sjc.org.

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