Air France inaugurated flights between Paris CDG and Raleigh-Durham in North Carolina on Monday 30 October, replacing its partner Delta, which has maintained the service since 2016 until its French counterpart took over. The 6,520-kilometre route will be maintained 3-weekly, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with the 279-seat 787-9 aircraft. The carrier faces no competition. […]
November 7, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Nearly two years after Avelo’s first revenue-generating flight (on 28 April 2021 from Burbank to Santa Rosa), the carrier (IATA code XP) is the USA’s 13th largest domestic airline. With a fleet of 15 737-700s and -800s, all between 10 and 20 years old (according to planespotters.net), it has 620,000 one-way summer domestic seats planned […]
March 8, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Avelo introduced new routes from Raleigh-Durham (IATA code RDU) in North Carolina recently, becoming the ULCC’s latest base. Four new routes, all to Florida, have been added: 16 February: Fort Lauderdale, 4-weekly on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays 16 February: Fort Myers, 3-weekly on Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays 17 February: Sarasota/Bradenton, 3-weekly on Mondays, Fridays […]
February 20, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Despite it being less than two years since Breeze Airways’ first commercial flight took off, the airline has 118 non-stop routes planned in Q2 (April-June). These include 22 announced in mid-February, which will see it fly to Portland, Maine for the first time. The airport is one of 35 to welcome the regional carrier, whose […]
February 16, 2023 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Raleigh-Durham International Airport (IATA code RDU) in North Carolina welcomed over 14.2 million passengers in 2019, making it the 37th busiest airport in the US. Back in 2013 the airport had welcomed 9.2 million passengers and had barely grown in the previous four years. However, between 2013 and 2019 traffic grew by an impressive 55%. […]
July 26, 2022 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Icelandair (IATA code FI) has added Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina to its US network with the launch of a 4-weekly service from Reykjavik KEF on Thursday 11 May. The 4,850-kilometre route becomes the airline’s first new US route since the start of the pandemic and faces no direct competition. The new route will […]
May 19, 2022 | Latest Route News +