Aer Lingus continues to expand its transatlantic network with the addition of flights between Dublin and Raleigh Durham on Monday 13 April. The 5,800-kilometre route will be maintained 4-weekly, on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, with the A321XLR aircraft. The oneworld member faces no competition between the two cities. Flight EI85 departs Dublin at 15:30 […]
April 27, 2026 | Latest Route News +
The development at Raleigh/Durham (RDU) has been considerable recently. In 2024, the airport welcomed nearly 15.5 million passengers, which was by far its best year to date. The passenger record should be surpassed in 2025, albeit not by a large margin. According to the airport’s data for January to November, some 14.3 million passengers were […]
January 14, 2026 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Breeze introduced flights between Raleigh/Durham and Ogdensburg in New York state on Tuesdays 2 September. The 1,015-kilometre service will be maintained 3-weekly, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, with the A220-300 aircraft. The carrier faces no competition between the two cities. What they said Eric Fletcher, Vice President of Government and Airport Affairs at Breeze Airways, […]
September 3, 2025 | Latest Route News +
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 +
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
Avelo (IATA code XP), which began flying from Tweed New Haven Regional Airport in Connecticut last November, added three more routes from the airport on 26 May. Between November and January 2022 Avelo had launched six routes from Tweed New Haven to Florida; Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Orlando MCO, Sarasota/Bradenton, Tampa and West Palm Beach. […]
June 2, 2022 | Latest Route News +
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 +