It is often said that Raleigh-Durham International Airport is one of the region’s economic drivers. But what does this mean? Each year, RDU contributes more than $8 billion a year to the region’s economy, serving 9.5 million passengers a year and supporting 20,000 jobs. We’re both an economic driver and a partner in regional economicRead More

A new flight to Paris or Germany? It’s a real possibility for RDU in the near future. That was a primary focus of the Regional Transportation Alliance’s 2015 Transportation Breakfast “The Economics of Expanding Air Service” held March 10 at the Umstead Hotel and Spa. I had the pleasure of serving as one of threeRead More

In the news this week have been stories about RDU’s possible development of land near Lake Crabtree County Park. As the Airport Authority pointed out in this blog post in October, the Airport Authority has no plans at this time to develop the land that is currently home to popular bike trails. This land isRead More

Whenever winter weather threatens RDU, I receive a lot of questions via social media on how airport operations are impacted. Our guest services team in the terminals and others who answer the phones at RDU receive plenty of questions as well.  

Have you heard the news? Allegiant Air will begin offering non-stop flights to three Florida destinations this Spring from RDU. As our ninth commercial air carrier, Allegiant is a great new addition to the family of air carriers operating at our airport.