RDU Airport, NC – Over 180,000 people are expected to travel through Raleigh-Durham International Airport this Memorial Day weekend, kicking off the busy summer travel season. The busiest travel day will be Friday, May 25 when over 30,000 people are scheduled to fly in and out of RDU. Officials are recommending that passengers arrive atRead More

RDU Airport, NC – Moody’s Investors Service this week assigned an Aa3 rating to the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority’s upcoming sale of approximately $153 million of Airport Revenue Bonds. The agency also upgraded to Aa3 from A1 its rating on the Authority’s existing $622 million in airport revenue bond debt. Last week, Fitch Ratings assigned anRead More

RDU Airport, NC – Midwest Airlines today announced it will begin nonstop service between Raleigh-Durham International Airport and Milwaukee beginning June 1. The airline will fly as Midwest Connect and will offer three daily departures using 50-seat regional jets. Midwest Airlines, as Midwest Express, offered service between RDU and Milwaukee from 1998 – 2001. “Raleigh/DurhamRead More

RDU Airport, NC – ExpressJet Airlines recently announced it will begin non-stop service from RDU to: Birmingham; Jacksonville, Fla; Louisville; Kansas City, Mo; New Orleans and San Antonio. The airline will offer two daily departures to all cities except for Kansas City, to which it will offer three daily departures. ExpressJet is set to beginRead More

RDU Airport, NC – On May 1, JetBlue Airlines will add a fifth nonstop flight between Raleigh-Durham International Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport. The additional flight will bring to six the total number of flights the low fare carrier operates from RDU. JetBlue offers one daily nonstop flight between RDU and Boston’s LoganRead More