A year ago, RDU didn’t have a single daily non-stop flight between our region and California. Today, we have a very successful daily non-stop flight to San Francisco and two daily Los Angeles flights that will begin this Spring. We’ve become quite connected to the Golden State over the past year, and it’s a connectionRead More

Last week, I shared a bit about the taxes and fees included in your domestic airline ticket. In that post, I mentioned that the base fare is the largest cost of your ticket price and includes everything to get you from Point A to Point B.  Today, let’s take a look at what the baseRead More

It used to be, that when you searched for airline tickets, there was always an asterisk leading to a comment that said something to the effect of “plus taxes and fees.”  Almost a year ago exactly, a new rule from the U.S. Department of Transportation changed that. Now, all of those “taxes and fees” areRead More

Today, we’re beginning an occasional photo series here on RDU Cruising Altitude called The Fives.  Every few weeks, we’ll show you a series of five things or places that can be found at RDU if you know where to look, or perhaps, have the right credentialing to reach.  This week, we’ll start with five coolRead More

After a break from construction photo updates during the holiday travel season, I laced up my construction boots this week, put on my hard hat and ventured over to Terminal 1 to document the progress of construction. Being winter time, I wasn’t sure how many visual changes had occurred over the past two months, butRead More