Delta Announces Nonstop Service from RDU to Los Angeles
Starting this summer, Delta will begin nonstop service between Raleigh-Durham International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport. The roundtrip flight will be operated using a 150-seat Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
Nonstop flights to the West Coast have been identified as one of the Triangle's biggest needs for both business and leisure travel. A recent study showed 377,000 people travel between the Triangle and Los Angeles each year.
This new flight will begin June 8, 2006.
Flight
Departs
Arrives
301
Raleigh/Durham
6:55 p.m.
Los Angeles
9:25 p.m.
302
Los Angeles
10:30 p.m.
Raleigh/Durham
6 a.m. (the following day)
*Flight does not operate on Saturdays
Check www.delta.com or (800) 221-1212 for fares on this flight.
GA Complex Design Wins Award
RDU's General Aviation Complex design has received a 2006 Honors Award for Engineering Excellence in Transportation by the American Council of Engineering Companies of North Carolina (ACECNC).
This program celebrates engineering achievements which demonstrate the highest degree of merit and ingenuity.
The award cites the work of HNTB Corporation of Raleigh, hired by the Authority in 1995 to provide planning, design and construction services for general aviation redevelopment. This project cost over $50 million and established the most extensive and modern General Aviation facility on the East Coast.
The award was presented during the ACECNC's 2006 Engineering Excellence Awards Dinner in Raleigh on January 24, 2006.
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