The concern is that it would cause confusion where passengers would accidentally book a ticket to Oakland when they meant to book a ticket to SFO, said Supervisor Dave Pine, the resolution's author...
Although SFO is technically part of San Francisco, it is located in San Mateo County, which receives the most economic benefit from SFO, one of the two busiest airports in the state...
The proposal has the potential to cause significant confusion for the traveling public and others, as well as to cause adverse economic impacts for businesses that have products delivered by plane, read the resolution.
(Renaming the airport) will cause extraordinary confusion for visitors translating into negative impact for our industry, Hutar said. The organization represents over 140 hotels and 300 restaurants and other travel-related businesses.
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