Did you know that RDU is teeming with spies? At any given time, secret customer service agents may be shopping for a t-shirt, eating a delicious meal, driving up to the terminal curb to pick up family members or washing their hands in one of our restrooms.

Airports are facing a new normal as high fuel costs, airline mergers and the world economy shape the aviation industry. RDU, which has an $8 billion annual impact on our region, is adapting to these changes as we continue to be a major economic driver in our community.

It may be a tired line, but Spring is in the air at RDU. While the temperature this morning was more winter-like, things are beginning to look like Spring at RDU. 

When the calendar turns to March each year, I immediately start thinking Spring has arrived. Until, that is, I walk outside in the morning to find a frost-covered windshield on my car awaiting a good scrape. By the end of the month, that frustrating ritual gives way to cool mornings, warm days, pollen and, ofRead More

Once you meet P.J. Cavanaugh, RDU’s 2012 Volunteer of the Year, you aren’t likely to forget her dynamic personality. I first worked with P.J. last Spring as we produced a short video about the airport using our employees and volunteers as actors. I asked everyone to bring an empty suitcase and to wear what they’dRead More