How to Listen and Subscribe: Listen here or find The Fly Angle on your favorite podcast app. In This Episode: Architecture and design fans, this episode’s for you. Our resident architect guru Jaymes Carter stops by the podcast studio to talk about what goes into planning, designing and constructing airport terminals, customs stations and otherRead More
TSA Introduces New Security Checkpoint Technology: RDU expects more than 182,000 passengers to fly through the airport from Thursday, June 30 through Monday, July 4. That number is about 17% higher than the same weekend last year and about 7% below the same weekend in 2019, prior to the pandemic. Thursday marks the busiest travelRead More
Airport to Receive $1.3 Million for Runway Assessment More than 1,088,000 passengers flew through RDU last month, a 41% increase over May 2021. The passenger count was also the highest number since the start of the pandemic for the second month in a row. The number of daily departures continues to increase, with an averageRead More
Two popular international routes return to RDU this week, with American Airlines resuming service to London and Air Canada resuming service to Montreal. The nonstop flights were paused in 2020 but came back this month amid increasing demand for international travel. The Montreal flight, which connects travelers with the French flavor of Quebec, returned onRead More
TSA Adds New Checkpoint Technology: RDU expects nearly 139,000 passengers to fly through the airport over Memorial Day weekend, compared to 103,000 over the same weekend in 2021. The busiest days will be Friday and Monday, with an estimated 37,750 people traveling on each of those days. “Passengers are returning to air travel in numbersRead More
