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SFO forecasts modest recovery, flags vacancies and rising debt service in two‑year budget
Summary
An airport representative told the Budget & Appropriations Committee that passenger traffic is about 58% of pre‑COVID levels through April and forecasted a FY22 annual service payment of $31 million; the airport plans modest staffing increases but warned that rising debt service tied to a multibillion capital program will constrain flexibility.
San Francisco’s airport is projecting a slow recovery from the pandemic and modest budgetary gains while warning elected officials that debt service and vacancies will shape its near‑term choices. At a May 18 hearing before the county Budget & Appropriations Committee, an airport representative said fiscal‑year‑to‑date passenger traffic stood at “58 percent of our pre COVID numbers through April,” with domestic travel recovering faster than international service.
The airport presented a two‑year budget that anticipates $31,000,000 in annual service payments for FY22…
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