The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted years of record growth at RDU, but the airport rang in 2021 with a new sense of optimism as it prepared for a prolonged but steady recovery. Passenger traffic increased at a robust pace, allowing RDU to direct its efforts toward recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, welcoming back travelers, recovering nonstopRead More
New Parking and Traffic Management Measures are in Place RDU anticipates welcoming nearly 494,000 passengers between Dec. 18 and Jan. 2 – more than the total for the entire month of December 2020. Thursday, Dec. 23 is projected to be the busiest day, with an estimated 37,600 travelers flying through the airport. “RDU expects to finishRead More
Travelers Encouraged to Arrive Early When Flying Over the Holidays: More than 246,000 travelers flew through RDU from Monday through Sunday of Thanksgiving week, exceeding expected passenger traffic by more than four percent. Traffic recovered to nearly 86% of 2019 levels, representing the single busiest week at RDU since the onset of the pandemic. “TheRead More
Nonstop Flight to Iceland Provides Connections to Europe: Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) announced Thursday that Icelandair will launch a new international flight to Reykjavik, Iceland, a tourist destination that also serves as a midway point between North America and Europe. “This exciting announcement signals that demand for international travel is increasing as we head intoRead More
How to Listen and Subscribe: Listen here or find The Fly Angle on your favorite podcast app. In This Episode: As John Graves wraps up two decades of service as one of RDU’s operations leaders, co-hosts Mary Griffith and Jake Potter dive in to hear some great airport stories from his career. Meanwhile, find outRead More
