Whoever ranked the airports that way doesn’t fly much.
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And if we are that high after having had many closed storefronts over the last year, just imagine how high it can score when all of those storefronts are re-activated?
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Boom…. RDU to Dublin. Aer Lingus to fly from RDU airport to Dublin, Ireland | Raleigh News & Observer
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Wow, RDU really has an impressive lineup of nonstop destinations for a medium-sized airport!
I hope to take advantage of some of these European nonstops sometime.
Edit: If you count seasonal destinations and places that have been announced but are not yet operational, I think that is now over 80 nonstops. Pre-pandemic, it was less than 60.
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Breeze is also trying to get a bunch of international flights approved, and RDU is likely included in that list.
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It’s now 82 nonstops on sale.
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RDU has the most international carriers of any airport in the Carolinas and yes that includes CLT. Great addition with Air Lingus to Dublin and the pharma industry alone with freight could probably keep that flight afloat. Ireland is a major pharma manufacturing site for Europe.
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The Airbus A321XLR that EI will use is a game-changer… the only aircraft that does what the Boeing 757 did, at much lower fuel consumption.
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This couldn’t be more timely for Carolina fans heading to Dublin for the season opener next year.
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Not sure how many UNC fans will make that trip. Dublin is not really known for its wine & cheese.
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For Dublin, they’ll manage without the charcuterie and survive the trip on Guinness and global relevance.
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EI offers many connections to continental Europe, especially during summer, and the Dublin airport is a reasonably good place to change planes. Just remember that when you fly from Dublin to any point in the U.S., you clear U.S. immigration and customs at Dublin… meaning that you have to get to the airport earlier than you might otherwise. This also means you have to allow for longer connecting times on a flight from, say, Rome to Dublin to RDU. The good news is that when the flight arrives from Dublin, it’s considered a domestic arrival.
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Great info on flying home from Dublin. An entire terminal just for US flights. You have to go through Irish security first. Then over to the US terminal for more security, then immigration and customs. Give yourself an extra 2 hours.
Awesome that Aer Lingus will be at RDU.
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Once you clear U.S. immigration and customs, you are stuck in the preclearance area until you depart. There are a few places for food and bev. If you’re in business class or if you wish to pay for entrance, there is a shared lounge called 51st & Green.
I think this has been predicted here before, but Breeze Airways is expanding at RDU with a 200-job crew base. They will also soon have 27 destinations (the most at the airport) with a few international ones as well.
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They really stole the thunder from Avelo here. Breeze is a better product, so this is great news.
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Breeze is crushing the budget airline game. The founder David Neeleman has a long successful history. I’ve enjoyed the Breeze routes and look forward to exploring more of the non-stop destinations they serve from RDU
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Here is a piece about Breeze’s international expansion with an RDU mention.
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Hopefully Breeze becomes to RDU what JetBlue became in Boston
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Hopefully it’s more like JetBlue and less like Frontier.
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