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=== 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>
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