Editing San Jose International Airport (section)

=== 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]]