“Reimagine” Campaign Highlights New Airport Dining, Technology and More: Passenger traffic at RDU got a significant boost in March, with spring break getaways bringing more than 1.2 million travelers through the airport – an increase of 24.7 percent above February of this year and a 6.9 percent increase above March 2023.  “The boost in passengerRead More

Breeze and Sun Country to Move to Terminal 1 in April The Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority Board passed a $419 million budget Thursday for the fiscal year beginning April 1. The Fiscal Year 2024-2025 budget is based on projected record traffic totaling more than 15.5 million passengers, a 1.1 million passenger increase compared to Fiscal YearRead More

Airport to Add More Electric Buses to its Fleet RDU started 2024 with record-setting passenger traffic in January. More than 967,600 travelers flew through the airport last month. That was 10.5% higher than January 2023, and 4.6% higher than January 2019.  “RDU continues to grow in 2024 with the addition of a new airline, newRead More

Route Will Provide a New Gateway to Central and South America and the Caribbean:  RDU will make traveling from the Research Triangle region to Central and South America and the Caribbean easier with direct flights to Tocumen International Airport (PTY) in Panama City, Panama on Copa Airlines. Copa will become RDU’s 18th airline and PanamaRead More

Airport Served 14.5 Million Travelers in 2023 RDU rang out 2023 by breaking the annual passenger traffic record set in 2019. More than 14.5 million travelers flew through RDU last year, compared to the previous high of 14.2 million. 2023 traffic topped 2019 by two percent and 2022 by more than 22 percent. “We areRead More