RDU’s busiest airline expects to get busier. Here’s how it could grow at RDU.
Raleigh News&Observer, Friday, July 29, 2018
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If there were any doubts that the Triangle could support a daily nonstop flight to Paris when Delta Air Lines started the route two years ago, they’ve long been laid to rest.
Demand has been strong, and Delta has upgraded the plane used on the flight to the larger and more comfortable Boeing 767. Joe Esposito, Delta’s senior vice president for network planning, credits the Triangle’s business and institutional travelers with making the flight a success.
“When we’re looking for markets, we’re looking for business markets for trans-Atlantic,” Esposito said. “Because almost any idiot can make money in the summer to Europe, but it really takes a partnership and support to make it work on a year-around basis. And the business community brings us that.”
Esposito was speaking to about 250 business people and others at an event put on by the Regional Transportation Alliance, a group affiliated with the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce.