THE majority of Australians flying to the US make landfall in Los Angeles. But leading airlines competing on the trans-Pacific route have ramped up the number of flights to San Francisco. United Airlines now flies daily from Sydney and three times a week from Melbourne. Qantas resumed flights to the Foggy City in October this year and United added three flights a week from Brisbane.
San Francisco has certainly geared up for an increase in arrivals from Australia and elsewhere. The third stage of its new US$2.4 billion Harvey Milk Terminal 1 opened last year