Oakland’s airport can keep its new name as part of a settlement agreement announced Tuesday between the city of San Francisco and the Port of Oakland.

In 2024, the Port of Oakland, which oversees the airport, changed the name to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport. That prompted a lawsuit by San Francisco that argued the new name infringed on the trademark for San Francisco International Airport and would confuse travelers.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.