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Caring For Unexpected Guests
At 8:45pm on Friday, April 26, the pilot of WestJet Airlines Flight 8975 was high above North Carolina headed to Toronto from Cancun. He declared a medical emergency and requested to land at the...
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Air Service 101: Alliances and Codeshares
Today, there’s a flight getting ready to depart for Boston via Aer Lingus and a flight at the same time to Cincinnati on Air France. Later today, we’ll have an El Al flight depart for New York-JFK and...
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Welcoming The World Of Bluegrass
A few weeks ago, I went on a field trip with several colleagues to the Raleigh Convention Center. We went downtown to participate in a meeting of the local organizing committee for the International...
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Finding Just The Right Mix
In the past few months, we’ve made major announcements about the new shops and restaurants coming to Terminal 1 as part of The Shops of RDU. Some have asked, how exactly do you pick what comes to the...
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CNN Lauds Terminal 2 Architecture
Madrid. Beijing. Osaka. Jeddah. Raleigh-Durham. Montevideo. New York. Our own Terminal 2 stands in prestigious international company in a CNN article posted today describing airports around the world...
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The Fives: The USO of NC RDU Center
Tomorrow, many will pause to celebrate the birth of our great nation. At RDU, a corps of volunteers will be on duty to serve those who make it possible to enjoy Independence Day each year. In this...
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Putting A Plan Into Action
You may have heard local news reports about a hazardous materials call that caused the brief evacuation of a portion of Terminal 2 on Wednesday, July 3. Now that the situation has passed, I wanted to...
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48 Hours In: Tampa
Welcome to the first in our series of destination highlights called 48 Hours In. Once a month, we’ll share some of the great things about the cities served nonstop by airlines at RDU so that you can...
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General Aviation: A Great Place To View Planes
Here at RDU, we have the highly-acclaimed Observation Park, where you can view planes from an elevated platform, listen to the air traffic controllers and allow your kids’ imaginations to soar on our...
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A First Class Departure
American Airlines has given RDU many things over the years – hub status, non-stop service to London and Christina Deutsch. Since landing in the mid-1980s with the start of hub service, Christina has...
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The Cuddliest Firefighter
To help children who become ill, injured or scared when they or an adult who is traveling with them are in need of help, we added a new, cuddlier, member to the RDU Fire-Rescue team. Meet the RDU...
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Salt Lake City- Our Newest Non-Stop Destination
Do you have an itch to go skiing in the Rocky Mountains? Perhaps visit family in the Pacific Northwest? Go ahead and book your tickets. Delta Air Lines is launching non-stop service from RDU on...
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The RDU Breakdown
After yesterday’s board meeting, I started looking at the passenger numbers for the first six months of the year. From there, I started thinking about how busy the first six months of the year have...
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Your Vote Can Make RDU Shine
From time to time, the national spotlight shines on RDU. We have a chance for it to shine bright on our own 42nd St. Oyster Bar in Terminal 2. But, we need your help to make it happen. The restaurant...
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Coming Together: A Terminal 1 Time Lapse
Looking at Terminal 1 today, it’s hard to believe that construction began just a year ago this month. I didn’t realize just how much change could happen to a building in so little time. The building is...
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Non-Stop To Nassau – Plan Your Escape
Go ahead and start planning for your trip now. Delta Air Lines is launching weekly non-stop service from RDU to Nassau in the Bahamas. Flights begin Saturday, Dec. 21 and give you an easy escape to the...
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Small Actions Build Community
A few weeks ago, Stephen Rutherford of the Carolina Hurricanes called and asked if he could send the CanesVision crew (the team that makes the in-game video) out to film players arriving for the team’s...
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The Fives: Inside The Bag System
Deep inside of Terminal 2 there exists another world. It’s a place where the whizzing of conveyor belts and the beeping of tugs fills the air. It’s a place where bright yellow catwalks cover the...
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Happy First Anniversary RDU-SFO!
August marks one year since the beginning of non-stop service between RDU and San Francisco International Airport via United Airlines. And we couldn’t be happier with the flight’s success. Last year,...
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Airline Highlights: American Airlines
This is the second part of an occasional series that focuses on the airlines serving RDU. When American Airlines first began service out of Terminal A in 1985, it was hard to know the influence the...
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