Breeze is the Fourth New Airline to Join RDU in 2022: Breeze Airways announced today it will begin service from RDU in early 2023. The low-fare airline will fly from RDU to Hartford, New Orleans and Providence beginning in mid-February. Breeze joins Icelandair, Avelo and Bahamasair as the fourth new airline to announce service atRead More

Airline to Add Six New Direct Flights, At Least 50 Employees   Avelo Airlines announced it will launch six new direct flights at RDU in February and create at least 50 jobs in the Research Triangle region. The new routes will connect travelers with destinations across Florida, including Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Orlando, Palm Beach,Read More

CLEAR Expedited Airport Security Lanes Coming to RDU: RDU served 950,952 passengers in September, a 19% increase compared to September 2021.  As expected, passenger traffic was lower than August totals, with a decrease of 11.5% as students returned to school and the summer travel season ended. September is typically less busy at RDU, particularly withRead More

August capped off the busy summer travel season at RDU with 1,075,240 million passengers flying through the airport, an increase of 22% over August 2021. Passenger traffic for the year is at 78% of 2019 levels, an indication leisure travel slowed as summer ended.  “August is the last month of the busy summer travel seasonRead More

Travelers Encouraged to Book Parking in Advance, Arrive Early: RDU expects more than 150,000 passengers to fly through the airport over Labor Day weekend, compared to 128,000 passengers over the same weekend in 2021. That is a 17% year-over-year increase. The busiest day will be Friday, Sept. 2 with an estimated 32,700 travelers.  “RDU airportRead More