Be thankful. Last pre covid United experience was flying to Dallas. It was a 9 pm flight and the airplane wasnt cleared for flight. They had one plane in the hanger that needed maintenance before it could be airborne and the flight crew would be timed out by that point so they cancelled the flight. Rescheduled to a 7am flight with layover to Austin (takeoff in less than 8 hrs at this point). Wouldnt put us up in a hotel bc we didnt live more than an hr away. I was pissed bc we had to uber home to uber back again in 5 hrs to catch our flight and got no compensation for our inconvenience. Will never forgive United for their shenangians, hence this rant post.
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It still something beneficial, terminal 1 growth, and the addition of growth at terminal 2 could always warrant something. But if Orlando does have the space we should pull something under the rug and say in your face.
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Obviously, Orlando wants to grow, but honestly, I don’t think MCO wants to have a hub airline because it’s self-sustainable. RDU is still self-sustainable, but without a hub, it likely would never be able to reach the traffic we’re seeing at other airports around the nation. RDU wants to best serve locals in terms of destinations, and this helps them a lot. There’s also to consider, if UA pulls in, considering AA’s history, would they also increase service at RDU to compete? Yes. RDU is the perfect place for UA to add a hub for many reasons. Some of them are:
-The room to expand
-Lack of competition on potential routes
-Connectivity options from smaller airports throughout the Caribbean and South America
-Gateway to southeast
-Grows business travel base
-Cargo
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What does “mainline” mean?
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Mainline is the mainstream 180-seat aircraft. Traditionally, we see a bunch of regionals through subsidiaries, and these regionals typically seat 70 people.
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Question? What’s the status of the Air National Guard land on east side of RDU. Would that land be available for development as hanger, larger air cargo facility, and other on airport businesses?
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Yes, but there is no need to as the airport owns a lot of other land they can develop
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I flew united Polaris biz class Dulles to Brussels in April and it was top notch. Better product than Brussels airlines biz class. And the new Polaris lounge in Dulles is insane.
Disclaimer: I am not bougie - I just know how to credit card
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Hoping to fly LA to Tokyo First Class on Singapore Air next summer with airline points too.
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Hell yeah, get it!
If you know, you know 
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No surprise. The airport upgrades to parking and the rental hub may be delayed for 6 to 10 years.
I wonder if RDU has considered working with a private developer to build an “airport business district” that could off-set some construction costs for a car rental hub and other upgrades to the airport. A lot of airport have such a district. Could be the next RTP but will much easier access to the airport.
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Man. If all of RTP was directly across from RDU in midrise buildings with trams to the airport and regional transit, instead of being spread through a forest connected by stroads. If only…
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Who thumbs down his reply is kinda asterisk, this actually is a good idea.
I fixed it. (characters)
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Not sure I’ve seen this shared yet so I thought I’d throw it out here. Looks like RDU is expanding parking lot 3 (3,800 → 12,000 spaces), expanding terminal 2, will allow alcohol/tobacco advertising, and start the 600 ft runway addition. Also RDU says they’re back at 83% passenger traffic level from 2019.
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They have to fix the luggage delivery time. Stand around sometimes for 30~40 mins. It is insane but so easy to fix.
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BahamasAir adding service to Freeport on their 737-700 aircraft.
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After Freeport, that aircraft will fly to Nassau fwiw
Will this end up going RDU - Freeport - Nassau - Freeport - repeat or RDU - Freeport - Nassau - repeat? I was a bit confused by the article.
It will go RDU-Freeport-Nassau-Freeport-RDU
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