Editing San Jose International Airport (section)

== History ==
=== Beginnings and expansion ===
[[File:San Jose Must Have An Airport - 1929.jpeg|thumb|left|San Jose Must Have An Airport – 1929]]

In 1939, [[Ernie Renzel]], a wholesale grocer and future mayor of San Jose, led a group that negotiated an option to buy {{convert|483|acre}} of the Stockton Ranch from the Crocker family, to be the site of San Jose's airport. Renzel led the effort to pass a bond measure to pay for the land in 1940. In 1945, test pilot James M. Nissen and two partners leased about {{convert|16|acre|ha}} of this land to build a runway, hangar and office building for a flight school. When the city of San Jose decided to develop a municipal airport, Nissen sold his share of the aviation business and became San Jose's first airport manager. Renzel and Nissen were instrumental in the development of San Jose Municipal Airport over the next few decades, culminating with the 1965 opening of what later became Terminal C.<ref>[http://www.sanjoseculture.org/pub_art/documents/SJA-MasterPlan.pdf Proposed Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport Public Art Master Plan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050130132305/http://www.sanjoseculture.org/pub_art/documents/SJA-MasterPlan.pdf |date=January 30, 2005 }}, Rome Group and City of San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs, November 16, 2004.</ref><ref>[http://www.sjc.org/AirportReport/Jan04/AR_content.html Airport Report] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040208033304/http://www.sjc.org/AirportReport/Jan04/AR_content.html |date=February 8, 2004 }}, Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport, 2(8), January 2004</ref>

San Jose's first airline flights were [[Pacific Air Lines|Southwest Airways]] [[Douglas DC-3]]s on the multistop run between San Francisco and Los Angeles, starting in 1948. Southwest changed its name to [[Pacific Air Lines]] and was the only airline at the airport until 1966, when [[Pacific Southwest Airlines]] (PSA) started flying [[Lockheed L-188 Electra]]s nonstop from LAX and [[Boeing 727-100]]s later that year. SJC's first airline jets were Pacific Air Lines Boeing 727-100 nonstops to LAX earlier in 1966; Pacific 727s flew nonstop to Las Vegas in 1967.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pacificairlinesportfolio.com|title=Pacific Air Lines Portfolio|last=www.pacificairlinesportfolio.com|website=www.pacificairlinesportfolio.com|access-date=October 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401043227/http://www.pacificairlinesportfolio.com/|archive-date=April 1, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>  Pacific also flew [[Fairchild F-27]]s to SJC, and merged with [[Bonanza Air Lines]] and [[West Coast Airlines]] to form Air West which was renamed [[Hughes Airwest]], continuing at SJC with [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30]]s before it merged into [[Republic Airlines (1979–1986)]].  In 1968 United Airlines arrived, with [[Boeing 727]] nonstops from Denver, Chicago and LAX, and [[Douglas DC-8]] nonstops from New York and Baltimore.

The runway which became 12R/30L was {{convert|4500|ft|m}} until about 1962— Brokaw Rd was the northwest boundary of the airport. In 1964 it was {{convert|6312|ft|m}}, in 1965 it was {{convert|7787|ft|m}}, and a few years later it reached {{convert|8900|ft|m}}, where it stayed until around 1991.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} The two runways are now both {{convert|11000|ft}} in length.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aopa.org/destinations/airports/KSJC/details|access-date=September 13, 2021|title=(KSJC) Norman Y Mineta San Jose International Airport}} Airline Owners and Pilots Association</ref>

In the early 1980s, the airport was one of the first in the country to participate in the [[noise regulation]] program enacted by the U.S. Congress for delineation of airport noise [[contour line|contours]] and developing a pilot study of [[noise mitigation|residential sound insulation]]. This program showed that homes near the airport could be retrofitted cost-effectively to reduce indoor aircraft noise substantially.<ref>C. Michael Hogan and Ballard George, ''Design of Acoustical Insulation for Existing Residences in the Vicinity of San Jose Municipal Airport'', Issues in Transportation-Related Environmental Quality, [[Transportation Research Board]], [[United States National Research Council|National Research Council]], Transportation Research Record 1033, Washington, D.C. (1985)</ref>

[[File:SJC Nissen terminal complex.jpg|thumb|The James M. Nissen Terminal Complex, spanning the space between terminals A and B]]

=== 1988–2010: boom and bust ===
[[American Airlines]] opened a hub at San Jose in 1988, using slots it obtained in the buyout of [[AirCal]] (formerly [[Air California]]) in 1986. In 1990, Terminal A was opened to help accommodate the American operation.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} The company launched a flight to [[Tokyo]] using McDonnell Douglas DC-10s in March 1991. This was San Jose's first direct link to Asia. The aircraft proved ill-suited for the route; the San Jose airport's short runway prevented the planes from taking off with a full cabin and fuel tanks. Consequently, American replaced the DC-10s with McDonnell Douglas MD-11s.<ref>{{cite news | title=Non-stop flights are non-non-stop | work=San Francisco Chronicle | date=April 5, 1991 | author=Pelline, Jeff | pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107070823/fort-worth-star-telegram/ 1], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107070845/fort-worth-star-telegram/ 2]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107070980/the-monitor/ | title=Temperature, runway length set plane's maximum weight | work=San Jose Mercury News | date=July 19, 1991 | access-date=August 6, 2022 | author=Barinaga, Marcia}}</ref>

In April 2001, American commenced a route to [[Paris]], the airport's first transatlantic flight. The airline operated the service with a Boeing 767.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107128829/the-san-francisco-examiner/ | title=Fly direct to Taipei, Paris from San Jose | work=The San Francisco Examiner | date=April 1, 2001 | access-date=August 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | id={{Gale|A79088549}} | title=American Airlines launches service to Paris and Taipei | work=Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal | date=April 20, 2001}}</ref> By the summer of that year, the airline served Paris, Taipei, and Tokyo nonstop from San Jose and had domestic flights to Austin, Boston, Denver, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Maui, Orange County, Portland, Phoenix, San Diego and Seattle.<ref>{{cite web|title=AA timetable, 07/02/2001|url=http://www.departedflights.com/AA070201p86.html|access-date=August 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031092043/http://www.departedflights.com/AA070201p86.html|archive-date=October 31, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Southwest Aircraft SJC.JPG|thumb|right|A group of [[Southwest Airlines]] [[Boeing 737]] aircraft parked at Terminal A with parking structure behind]]

After the [[September 11 attacks]] and the [[dot-com bubble]] burst in 2001, the city lost much of its service. [[Air Canada]] dropped its flights to [[Toronto]] and [[Ottawa]], Canada, and [[American Airlines]] ended its nonstops to [[Taipei]], Vancouver, and Paris.{{cn|date=February 2025}} American also canceled service to Miami, [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], [[Seattle]]/Tacoma, [[Portland, Oregon|Portland (OR)]], [[Denver]], [[Orange County, California|Orange County (CA)]] and [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]]{{cn|date=February 2025}}; the airline's flights to [[Los Angeles]] were downgraded to [[American Eagle Airlines|American Eagle]] regional flights.

In November 2001, the airport was renamed after [[Norman Mineta|Norman Y. Mineta]], a native of San Jose, its former mayor and [[congressman]], as well as both a former [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] and a [[United States Secretary of Transportation]].<ref>[http://www.sjc.org/AirportReport/Aug05/AR_content.html Airport Report] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928011342/http://www.sjc.org/AirportReport/Aug05/AR_content.html|date=September 28, 2007}}, Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport, 4(3), August 2005</ref> That same month, the San Jose City Council approved an amended master plan for the airport that called for a three-phase, nine-year expansion plan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www3.sanjoseca.gov/clerk/Agenda/02_24_04docs/02_24_04_8.1.pdf|title=Central Terminal and North Concourse Concept Design|last=Tonseth|first=Ralph G.|date=January 20, 2004|publisher=City of San Jose|page=1|access-date=August 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220013/http://www3.sanjoseca.gov/clerk/Agenda/02_24_04docs/02_24_04_8.1.pdf|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The plan, designed by [[Gensler]] and The Steinberg Group, called for a single, consolidated "Central Terminal" with 40 gates (four more than present), an international concourse and expanded security areas. The sail-shaped facade would greet up to 17.6 million passengers a year. A people mover system would link the new terminal with [[Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority|VTA]] light rail and the [[Silicon Valley BART extension#Downtown San Jose/Santa Clara extension|planned BART station]] next to the [[Santa Clara Transit Center|Santa Clara Caltrain station]]. Cargo facilities would be moved to the east side of the airport. A long term parking garage would be built where the rental car operations are now. A short term parking lot would be built on the site of Terminal C. On December 16, 2003, the San Jose Airport Commission named the airfield after former mayor [[Ernie Renzel]] and named the future Central Terminal after James Nissen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www3.sanjoseca.gov/clerk/agenda/12_16_03docs/12_16_03aa.htm|title=San Jose City Council & General Plan Amended Agenda, December 16, 2003|date=December 16, 2003|publisher=City of San Jose|access-date=August 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202603/http://www3.sanjoseca.gov/clerk/agenda/12_16_03docs/12_16_03aa.htm|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2004, the city broke ground on the North Concourse, the first phase of the master plan.

The originally-approved master plan was scaled-back in 2005.<ref>{{cite news|title=Airport Plan 'Cheaper, Faster'|last1=Lohse|first1=Deborah|date=November 11, 2005|newspaper=[[San Jose Mercury News]]|last2=Foo|first2=Rodney}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=City Council Approves New, Slimmed-Down Airport Plan|last=Foo|first=Rodney|date=November 16, 2005|newspaper=[[San Jose Mercury News]]}}</ref> The new two-phase plan called for a simplified Terminal B, rather than the initially proposed James Nissen Central Terminal, with a North Concourse to replace the aging Terminal C. In addition, Terminal A would be expanded for additional check-in counters, security checkpoints, and drop-off/pick-up curbside space. The new plan cost $1.3 billion, less than half of the original plan's $3 billion. The first phase was completed on June 30, 2010, when Terminal B and the North Concourse officially opened for service.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_15347323|title=San Jose Airport Swoops into the Future|last=Rodriguez|first=Joe|date=June 22, 2010|newspaper=[[San Jose Mercury News]]|access-date=July 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001155124/http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_15347323|archive-date=October 1, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SJMN Fernandez">{{cite news|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_15409684|title=San Jose airport: First-day passengers give Terminal B rave reviews|last=Fernandez|first=Lisa|date=June 30, 2010|work=[[San Jose Mercury News]]|access-date=August 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201726/http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_15409684|archive-date=March 3, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Planning for Phase II began in early 2018, with 6 additional gates to be added along with a new concourse extension at the south end of Terminal B.<ref name="ktvu2018">{{cite news|url=http://www.ktvu.com/news/an-expansion-on-the-horizon-for-san-jose-international-airport|title=An expansion on the horizon for San Jose International Airport|date=January 25, 2018|access-date=January 26, 2018|agency=KTVU News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126113024/http://www.ktvu.com/news/an-expansion-on-the-horizon-for-san-jose-international-airport|archive-date=January 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

Service reductions continued throughout the early 2000s. [[Alaska Airlines]] halted its [[Puerto Vallarta]] and [[Cabo San Lucas]] seasonal routes, [[Horizon Air]] ended its [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]] service and [[American Airlines]] ended its [[San Luis Obispo, California|San Luis Obispo]] and [[Logan International Airport|Boston Logan]] links. Some additions still occurred. In October 2005, [[Hawaiian Airlines]] began daily nonstops to [[Honolulu]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2005/05/16/daily13.html|title=Hawaiian Airlines to start daily San Jose service|access-date=June 23, 2010|date=May 17, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025213012/http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2005/05/16/daily13.html|archive-date=October 25, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sjc.org/about/newsroom/2005_releases/hawaiian.htm|title=Hawaiian Airlines to Launch Daily Nonstop Service Between San Jose/Silicon Valley and Honolulu Starting October 1|access-date=June 23, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613010007/http://sjc.org/about/newsroom/2005_releases/hawaiian.htm|archive-date=June 13, 2010}}</ref> In October 2006, American Airlines ended the San Jose–[[Narita International Airport|Tokyo Narita]] route.

SJC suffered with many mid-tier airports during the 2008 rise in oil prices as airlines reduced marginal services. The airport lost much of its transcontinental U.S. service in the fall with [[Continental Airlines|Continental]] ending [[Newark Liberty International Airport|Newark]] flights, [[JetBlue]] ending Boston nonstops, and [[United Airlines|United]] ending flights to its [[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare]] and [[Dulles International Airport|Washington Dulles]] hubs.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10252614|title=San Jose airport losing three East Coast flights|first=Joshua|last=Molina|date=August 20, 2008|newspaper=[[San Jose Mercury News]]|access-date=August 20, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914151715/http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10252614|archive-date=September 14, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that between 2007 and 2009, SJC lost 22% of its seat capacity.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/us/25sfairport.html | title=San Jose Improves Its Airport; Now, Just Flights Lag | last=Goel | first=Vindu | work=New York Times | date=October 24, 2009 | access-date=July 2, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229005538/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/us/25sfairport.html | archive-date=December 29, 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref> [[Frontier Airlines]] pulled out of SJC in May 2010, citing lack of profitability on its single flight from the airport to Denver, Colorado.  In August 2010, [[Mexicana Airlines]] also suspended all flights permanently due to bankruptcy.

[[File:QX Q400 SJC.JPG|thumb|right|A [[Horizon Air]] [[Bombardier Q400|Q400]] arriving at Terminal C in March 2010]]

=== 2010–2019: rebound in service ===
Beginning in 2010, service expanded at SJC for the first time in several years. Domestic carriers [[JetBlue Airways]] and [[Alaska Airlines]] added or adjusted service while international carrier [[Volaris]] began service in May 2010 with flights to [[Guadalajara]], Mexico. Alaska subsequently expanded offerings to include those in Hawaii and Mexico.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blog.seattlepi.com/worldairlinenews/archives/216149.asp?from=blog_last3|title=Airliners Gallery World Airline News|date=July 29, 2010|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|access-date=July 29, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701163450/http://blog.seattlepi.com/worldairlinenews/archives/216149.asp?from=blog_last3|archive-date=July 1, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> The decade saw rapid expansion for the airport. In 2012, [[Hawaiian Airlines]] added service to Maui.<ref name="hawaiian2011">{{cite press release|title=Hawaiian Launching San José – Maui Service in January|date=September 6, 2011|url=https://newsroom.hawaiianairlines.com/releases/hawaiian-launching-san-jose-maui-service-in-january|access-date=January 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117070221/https://newsroom.hawaiianairlines.com/releases/hawaiian-launching-san-jose-maui-service-in-january|archive-date=January 17, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> [[All Nippon Airways]] announced it would begin service between San Jose and [[Tokyo]] in 2012, restoring the link between the two cities that was lost when [[American Airlines]] ended service on the route in 2006. The airline used the [[Boeing 787 Dreamliner]], making San Jose one of the first cities in the United States to see scheduled 787 flights.<ref name="ana">{{cite news|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_19592406|title=All Nippon to serve San Jose with new Boeing 787|last=Gomez|first=Mark|date=December 21, 2011|newspaper=[[San Jose Mercury News]]|access-date=December 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112235215/http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_19592406|archive-date=January 12, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Due to delivery delays of its 787 aircraft, the airline postponed the launch of the route to early 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_20080605?source=most_viewed|title=San Jose–Tokyo flight, awaiting new 787s to roll off Boeing assembly line, won't take off until early 2013 – San Jose Mercury News|date=April 29, 2013|work=Mercurynews.com|access-date=April 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222060210/http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_20080605?source=most_viewed|archive-date=February 22, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2015 and 2016, several new international flights were launched. [[Hainan Airlines]] began nonstop flights from [[Beijing]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.anna.aero/2015/06/16/hainan-airlines-launches-fourth-us-destination/|title=Hainan Airlines launches fourth US destination|date=June 16, 2015|work=[[Anna.aero]]|access-date=May 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107204849/http://www.anna.aero/2015/06/16/hainan-airlines-launches-fourth-us-destination/|archive-date=January 7, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> [[British Airways]] commenced daily [[Boeing 787 Dreamliner]] service from [[Heathrow Airport|London–Heathrow]];<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2016/05/06/british-airways-starts-san-jose-london-dreamliner-service/83999584/|title=British Airways starts San Jose–London Dreamliner service|last=Baskas|first=Harriet|date=May 7, 2016|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=May 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508220839/http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2016/05/06/british-airways-starts-san-jose-london-dreamliner-service/83999584/|archive-date=May 8, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Air Canada]] returned, providing flights from [[Vancouver]] operated by [[Air Canada Express]].<ref name="aircanada">{{cite news|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_29137170/air-canada-offer-new-flights-from-san-jose|title=Air Canada is coming back to the San Jose airport|last=Giwargis|first=Ramona|date=November 19, 2015|work=[[San Jose Mercury News]]|access-date=May 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521202845/http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_29137170/air-canada-offer-new-flights-from-san-jose|archive-date=May 21, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Later in 2017 and 2018, Volaris expanded its offerings to Mexico with service to Morelia, Leon, and Zacatecas. Not all international routes proved successful. [[Lufthansa]] connected SJC and [[Frankfurt]] on flights operated by [[Lufthansa CityLine]] [[Airbus A340-300]] aircraft,<ref name="lufthansa">{{cite news|url=http://airlineroute.net/2016/02/08/lh-sjc-s16update2/|title=Lufthansa Delays San Jose CA Launch to July 2016|date=February 8, 2016|work=Airline Route|access-date=May 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160211014006/http://airlineroute.net/2016/02/08/lh-sjc-s16update2/|archive-date=February 11, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Aeromexico]] started a daily flight to Guadalajara, and later added seasonal service to Mexico City, and [[Air China]] introduced [[Shanghai Pudong International Airport|Shanghai–Pudong]] flights with an [[Airbus A330-200]], but Lufthansa and Air China ended service in 2018 while Aeromexico ceased both flights in January 2019, later resuming Guadalajara for the 2019–2020 winter holiday season.<ref name="airchina">{{cite press release|title=Air China's Latest U.S. Expansion Connects Silicon Valley and Shanghai|date=June 9, 2016|location=San Jose, CA|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160609006187/en|access-date=June 9, 2016|agency=[[Business Wire]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614135731/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160609006187/en|archive-date=June 14, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="airchina2">{{cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/07/17/air-china-cuts-flights-between-san-jose-shanghai-apple-google-facebook-amazon-adobe/|title=Air China cuts flights between San Jose and Shanghai|date=July 17, 2018|access-date=July 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718110302/https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/07/17/air-china-cuts-flights-between-san-jose-shanghai-apple-google-facebook-amazon-adobe/|archive-date=July 18, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Hands,_San_Jose,_California_2010.jpg|left|thumb|''Hands'', by artist [[Christian Moeller]], covers the façade of garage 3.]]
In the wake of its acquisition of [[Virgin America]], [[Alaska Airlines]] grew quickly at Mineta Airport as well as [[San Francisco International Airport]] between 2015 and 2018, adding intrastate cities like [[John Wayne Airport|Orange County]], [[Los Angeles International Airport|Los Angeles]], and [[San Diego Airport|San Diego]], along with East Coast destinations [[Newark Liberty International Airport|Newark]] and [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|New York–Kennedy]]. Alaska has designated SJC a focus city in several articles when announcing new destinations.<ref name="alaska2015-2">{{cite press release|title=Alaska Airlines to Add New Portland-Austin and Eugene-San Jose Flying This Fall|date=June 1, 2015|url=https://newsroom.alaskaair.com/2015-06-01-Alaska-Airlines-to-Add-New-Portland-Austin-and-Eugene-San-Jose-Flying-This-Fall|access-date=January 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117070246/https://newsroom.alaskaair.com/2015-06-01-Alaska-Airlines-to-Add-New-Portland-Austin-and-Eugene-San-Jose-Flying-This-Fall|archive-date=January 17, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="alaska2015-1">{{cite press release|title=Alaska Airlines Grows San Jose Focus City with New Flying to San Diego and Orange County/Santa Ana|date=February 17, 2016|url=https://newsroom.alaskaair.com/2016-02-17-Alaska-Airlines-Grows-San-Jose-Focus-City-with-New-Flying-to-San-Diego-and-Orange-County-Santa-Ana|access-date=January 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107004127/https://newsroom.alaskaair.com/2016-02-17-Alaska-Airlines-Grows-San-Jose-Focus-City-with-New-Flying-to-San-Diego-and-Orange-County-Santa-Ana|archive-date=November 7, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Not all routes were successful, however, as service to Eugene, Burbank, and Dallas–Love ended in 2019, with Santa Ana, New York–Kennedy, and Tucson ending in 2020.

Other domestic carriers increased service or returned to the airport. [[Frontier Airlines]] resumed service to Denver and began flights to Las Vegas.<ref name="frontier2017-1">{{citation|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/18/frontier-airlines-adds-san-jose-airport-service-at-29-intro-fare/|title=Frontier Airlines adds San Jose airport service at $29 intro fare|date=July 18, 2017|access-date=January 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117011908/https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/18/frontier-airlines-adds-san-jose-airport-service-at-29-intro-fare/|archive-date=January 17, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Additional service to Austin, Atlanta, Cincinnati and San Antonio began in the spring of 2018 but did not return the next year.<ref name="frontier2017-2">{{cite news|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/09/19/frontier-airlines-adds-non-stop-san-jose-flights-amid-expansion-push/|title=Frontier Airlines adds nonstop San Jose flights amid expansion push|date=September 19, 2017|access-date=January 16, 2018|newspaper=San Jose Mercury|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117011912/https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/09/19/frontier-airlines-adds-non-stop-san-jose-flights-amid-expansion-push/|archive-date=January 17, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Delta Air Lines]] added service to its New York–Kennedy and Detroit hubs.

[[Southwest Airlines]] greatly expanded service from 2016 to 2020, connecting almost a dozen new cities across the country to SJC and added flights to [[Honolulu]] and [[Maui]] in May 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swamedia.com/releases/release-bc94d941a090ea44998912da1fdcc705-hawaii-here-we-come|title=Hawaii, here we come!|website=Southwest Airlines Newsroom|date=March 4, 2019 |language=en|access-date=October 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430032331/https://www.swamedia.com/releases/release-bc94d941a090ea44998912da1fdcc705-hawaii-here-we-come|archive-date=April 30, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 2020–present: COVID-19 pandemic and recovery ===
Beginning in March 2020, the [[impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism]] severely curtailed the amount of passenger traffic and flights at the airport. From a high of 15.6 million passengers in 2019, only 4.7 million used the airport in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-airport-grapples-with-fewer-passengers/|title=San Jose airport grapples with fewer passengers|date=May 3, 2021|access-date=November 21, 2021}}</ref> Frontier Airlines and Hainan Airlines both ended service to SJC, while other airlines suspended or pared back many of their destinations, including all intercontinental service to Asia and Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sanjosespotlight.com/airlines-shrug-at-costs-from-san-jose-building-height-limit-policy/|title=Airlines shrug at costs from San Jose building policy|date=November 2, 2021|access-date=November 21, 2021}}</ref> Despite this large downturn in travel and drop in passenger demand,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-airport-grapples-with-fewer-passengers/|title=San Jose airport grapples with fewer passengers|date=May 3, 2021|access-date=June 11, 2021}}</ref> Alaska Airlines added flights to [[Palm Springs]] in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flysanjose.com/sites/default/files/press/New%20Service_Alaska_0.pdf|title=Alaska Airlines Announces New Service from Mineta San José International Airport to Washington, Oregon and Montana}}</ref> Volaris also began a new route to [[Mexico City]] in November 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flysanjose.com/sites/default/files/press/2020-08-17_MEX_Volaris-FINAL.pdf|title=Volaris Announces New Nonstop Service to Mexico City from Mineta San José International Airport}}</ref> By June 2022, travel had recovered sufficiently that [[British Airways]] resumed its London–Heathrow service,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/06/14/san-jose-london-direct-flight-resume-british-airways-economy-covid/|title=London-San Jose direct flights soar with British Airways relaunch|access-date=June 15, 2022|date=June 14, 2022}}</ref> and [[Japan Airlines]]–owned [[Zipair Tokyo]] announced new Tokyo–Narita service to begin that December.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.siliconvalley.com/2022/06/15/low-cost-japan-based-airline-will-launch-tokyo-san-jose-flights/|title=Low-cost Japan-based airline will launch Tokyo-San Jose flights|date=June 15, 2022|access-date=June 15, 2022}}</ref> However, British Airways also announced that it would suspend flights to San Jose starting in October 2023;<ref>{{cite web | url=https://centreforaviation.com/news/british-airways-to-suspend-london-heathrow-san-jose-service-in-oct-2023-1193935 | title=News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry &#124; CAPA }}</ref> the airport ended the year with just over 12 million passengers, a number that failed to surpass 2017 levels. In 2024, JetBlue cancelled the airport's last remaining route to the New York City area and later announced it would be closing SJC as a station entirely.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/19/jetblue-to-cut-some-routes-after-judge-bars-spirit-purchase.html|title=JetBlue to cut some routes as it pushes for profitability|website=[[CNBC]] |date=January 19, 2024|access-date=January 19, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/12/05/jetblue-cuts-more-routes-drops-some-european-summer-services/|title=JetBlue cuts San Jose and other US routes, drops some European summer services|date=December 5, 2024 |access-date=December 5, 2024}}</ref> [[American Eagle (airline brand)|American]] also ended its regional flights to Los Angeles on April 3, 2024.{{cn|date=June 2024}}