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February 2009 Monthly Analysis
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TRADE & TRANSPORT
TEU Traffic & Airline Passengers
The traffic of both full export and import containers traveling through the Port of Oakland decreased between February 2008 and February 2009 – full exports decreased 20 percent while full imports decreased 35 percent. Empty container traffic also declined during this period, with empty exports decreasing 40 percent and empty imports decreasing 4.3 percent.
Oakland International (OAK), San Francisco International (SFO) and San Jose Mineta (SJC) Airports continued to see year-over-year decreases in passenger traffic in January 2009. Various air carrier closures and reductions in the number of flights have caused ridership numbers at OAK and SJC to trend downward since the fall of 2007. Ridership at OAK in January 2009 decreased 32.8 percent from the January 2008 figure, while ridership at SJC (down 17.8) also declined during the same period. At SFO, ridership was virtually unchanged in a year-over-year comparison, falling less than 1 percent. (February 2009 data was not available). Return to
March 2009 Economic Analysis
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