You may recall RDU was the first public entity in the Research Triangle region to deploy emission-free electric buses in 2019. Did you also know that Terminal 1 is a certified LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) building? LEED is a designation awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council for buildings constructed using greenRead More
How to Listen and Subscribe: Listen here or find The Fly Angle on your favorite podcast app. In This Episode: What’s better than a special guest? How about four? Co-hosts Mary Griffith and Jake Potter sit down with leaders from Novo Nordisk, the Research Triangle Foundation, Eckel & Vaughan, PNC Arena and the Carolina HurricanesRead More
Passenger Confidence in Air Travel Increases RDU anticipates nearly 120,000 passengers will fly through the airport between the Friday and Monday of Labor Day weekend. Friday is expected to be the busiest day with more than 34,000 passengers traveling. “Leisure travelers helped RDU recover at a robust pace during the summer months that are typicallyRead More
RDU Restarts Construction on Two New Security Checkpoint Lanes: The recovery continued at a robust pace at RDU in July, with nearly 968,000 passengers traveling through the airport during the month – a nine percent increase over June 2021 and a 363 percent increase over July 2020. Passenger traffic grew steadily for the seventh straightRead More
The North Carolina Supreme Court announced Friday it will not review a lawsuit filed against the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority that attempted to stop the expansion of an existing quarry on airport property. The Authority released the following statement from Board Chair Patrick Hannah: “North Carolina’s highest court has upheld two previous court decisions by rulingRead More
