Let’s Fly!: A New Way To Ft. Lauderdale and Changes to Freeport

Welcome to Let’s Fly!, a monthly round-up of news from the airlines and airports you may encounter on your journey from RDU.  Delta Air Lines is launching a new flight to Ft. Lauderdale. The flight begins Thursday, Dec. 11 and will operate daily on peak holiday travel dates through the beginning of 2015. Thereafter, theRead More

Going International: Middle East Rise and India Ties

This is the fifth in a 6-part series about RDU’s pursuit of new international air service. Read the series. New posts are added each Friday through September 19. Someone once said that everything old becomes new again. Centuries ago, the Middle East and India were known as the crossroads of the world due to theirRead More

Going International: The Emergence of Asia

This is the fourth in a 6-part series about RDU’s pursuit of new international air service. Read the series. New posts are added each Friday through September 19. Though we are half a world away, our region has many connections to Asia, and people are traveling there in ever-increasing numbers. Therefore it makes sense forRead More

Fitch Ratings Affirms Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority’s AA- Rating; Revises Outlook to Stable

RDU Airport, NC – Fitch Ratings has announced it has affirmed Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority’s AA- rating on $700.4 million airport revenue bonds, while also revising the airport’s Rating Outlook upward from negative to stable. “RDU is pleased that Fitch has taken note of the Airport Authority’s overall financial and operating strengths as demonstrated by ourRead More