Now that RDU-Paris flight is official, community leaders talk about how to pay for it

Now that RDU-Paris flight is official, community leaders talk about how to pay for it
(Triangle Business Journal – November 24, 2015)
 
“Now that Delta’s nonstop flight from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Paris has been secured, behind-the-scenes players – both public and private – are finalizing how they’ll finance the takeoff, projected for May 2016. 

The chamber-backed Regional Transportation Alliance, too, is putting dollars to work, efforting a $500,000 marketing fund to support the flight. Of that, more than $250,000 has been pledged, says RTA Executive Director Joe Milazzo. Most of it is in in-kind services, but more than $75,000 is in cash pledges. “We’re going to continue to push and make sure this flight is going to be successful,” he says.