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Additional information: with AirTran moving to gate A24 and the ticketing desk adjacent to Southwest at the north end (the old end) of T1, the TSA checkpoint at the south end (near the former Delta gates) will close. I suspect it won't be long until the entire south end of T1, upstairs and downstairs, is blocked off so that renovation can commence unimpeded.

[Gard]

The Triangle has earned yet another distinction.  A worldwide study by airport researchers concluded that RDU is the most efficient mid-sized airport in the US!  

http://www.bizjourna...rchers-for.html

[RALNATIVE]

Gard, on 16 August 2011 - 01:22 PM, said:

The Triangle has earned yet another distinction.  A worldwide study by airport researchers concluded that RDU is the most efficient mid-sized airport in the US!  

http://www.bizjourna...rchers-for.html

I agree. Being a frequent traveler and using that airport almost weekly, the new terminal is well designed to support efficient passenger movement from check in through security to the gates.

Edited by RALNATIVE, 17 August 2011 - 10:06 PM.

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As part of T1 renovations, RDU is about to close the part of T1 built in 1981: gates A9-A19, the TSA checkpoint underneath those gates, the baggage claim areas, and the pedestrian tunnel from the parking deck. The Southwest/Airtran ticket counter, gates, baggage claim, and TSA checkpoint will remain open. http://www.rdu.com/L...1/summer11.html

[orulz]

Nonstop service to SFO by United begins in August.

Hopefully it will stick this time...

[Gard]

RDU now has a flight to the Bahamas.  The flight is by a carrier new to RDU, Bahama Air:  

http://www.bizjourna...to-bahamas.html

RDU has also launched a new incentives policy that waives landing fees and funds marketing ($250,000 for domestic routes and $500,000 for international), to get airlines to add new routes.  Specific flights RDU names are Seattle, LA, SFO, Paris and Frankfurt.

http://www.bizjourna...incentives.html

Edited by Gard, 17 May 2012 - 04:23 PM.

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If one believes the widespread speculation that USAirways will acquire the bankrupt American, the question is whether RDU can hold on to its London flight. In that scenario I expect immediate rationalization of the existing Charlotte-Gatwick flight and the RDU-Heathrow flight. Odds are that the sole survivor is Charlotte-Heathrow.

Has to be on the minds of RDU, the RTP-related group that incentivizes American, and local business leaders.

[ERJ170]

Gard, on 17 May 2012 - 04:21 PM, said:

RDU has also launched a new incentives policy that waives landing fees and funds marketing ($250,000 for domestic routes and $500,000 for international), to get airlines to add new routes.  Specific flights RDU names are Seattle, LA, SFO, Paris and Frankfurt.

http://www.bizjourna...incentives.html

My prediction... SEA by Alaska or Southwest, LAX by Delta moved up to daily 737-700, SFO by United already announced, CDG by Delta, FRA by United. As for the LHR flight, it is going nowhere.. Even if US and AA merge, the flight will stay.. It's one of their more profitable ones...

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ERJ170, on 18 May 2012 - 08:09 PM, said:

It's one of their more profitable ones...

Yeah, that's what everybody in the Triangle says -- or wants to believe. But unless I'm mistaken, there is no recent quote from any AA executive to that effect. I take that flight every month, and there are times when it's less than half full in economy. It's always full in business class, but the question is how many of those passengers are actually paying to sit there (versus burning miles for upgrades). Move that aircraft to CLT and it will run full every trip. We shall see.