SOURCE: Raleigh (NC) News & Observer AUDIENCE: 701,000 [provided by Nielsen//NetRatings] DATE: 08−15−2012 HEADLINE: Triangle travelers fill first nonstop flight to San Francisco Source Website Published Wed, Aug 15, 2012 05:23 PM Modified Wed, Aug 15, 2012 05:25 PM Triangle travelers fill first nonstop flight to San Francisco By Bruce Siceloff−bsiceloff@newsobserver.com By Bruce Siceloff The News and Observer Tags:United Airlines Silicon Valley startups entrepreneurs RDU Airport Durham Raleigh As they boarded the inaugural flight of a United Airlines nonstop jet from Raleigh−Durham International Airport to San Francisco on Wednesday morning, Triangle travelers thought about the airports they would avoid " for a change " on their trip to the West Coast. "This is great," said Joe Freddoso, president of MCNC, a Triangle−based technology nonprofit. "I love Dallas−Fort Worth, but I like overflying it, too." Thirteen−year−old Jacob Trubey of Cary was about to fly on his own, for the first time. Highlights: NC, NORTH CAROLINA, MCNC
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Triangle travelers fill first nonstop flight to San Francisco BY BRUCE SICELOFF, BSICELOFF@NEWSOBSERVER.COM As they boarded the inaugural flight of a United Airlines nonstop jet from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to San Francisco on
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Wednesday morning, Triangle travelers thought about the airports they would avoid – for a change – on their trip to the West Coast. “This is great,” said Joe Freddoso, president of MCNC, a Triangle-based technology nonprofit. “I love Dallas-Fort Worth, but I like overflying it, too.” Thirteen-year-old Jacob Trubey of Cary was
Bonnie Wisler announces the boarding directions
about to fly on his own, for the first time.
for the inaugural flight of United Airlines non-
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stop service to San Francisco from RDU on
“His aunt’s been after him since fourth grade to come out there to San Francisco,” said his
Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
mother, Laura. But she had never been comfortable with the idea of Jacob changing
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planes in some big airport between here and
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business office manager US-NC-Nashville
there. “The fact that I can bring him here and she can
Chemical Tank Truck Driver Georgia-Pacific Chemicals, LLC US-NC-Conway
pick him up there makes it a lot easier,” Trubey
Facility Maintenance Tech-Mechanical
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said.
Find a Job RDU has struggled for years to establish a nonstop link to the West Coast.
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Jacob Trubey, 13, waits with his mom Laura
United expressed interest in a San Francisco
Trubey to board United Airlines' inaugural non-
flight in 2000. Midway Airlines tried nonstops to
stop flight from RDU to San Francisco on
Los Angeles and San Jose between 1997 and
Wednesday, August 15, 2012. It was his first
2001.Delta flies to Los Angeles three evenings
time flying and he was traveling by himself to
a week during the warmer months, with a
see his aunt in San Francisco. "I wouldn't put
service that has switched on and off several
him on a flight where he had to make a
times since 2008.
connection," Laura said. "I feel more
City or Zip:
comfortable putting him on a direct flight."
The new United flight gets business travelers to the San Francisco Bay area before lunchtime.
SROCCO@NEWSOBSERVER.COM Buy Photo
“It’s a substantial difference, because time is critical,” said Peter Bourne, president of Durham-based Spring Metrics, a startup software firm with 10 employees. “The ability to get out there and still get in a full day of business, opposed to spending the entire day in the Chicago airport or Dulles, is super.” Bourne said he’ll be meeting with investors and
http://www.carynews.com/2012/08/15/62693/triangle-travelers-fill-first.html prospective partners in the Bay area. Tom Slavonia, 11, and his sister Mary Slavonia, 9, dance and wave goodbye to their
Gov. Bev Perdue led an economic development
grandparents Bob and Mary Slavonia as they're
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Wednesday morning, Triangle travelers thought about the airports they would avoid – for a change – on their trip to the West Coast. “This is great,” said Joe Freddoso, president of MCNC, a Triangle-based technology nonprofit. “I love Dallas-Fort Worth, but I like overflying it, too.” Thirteen-year-old Jacob Trubey of Cary was
Bonnie Wisler announces the boarding directions
about to fly on his own, for the first time.
for the inaugural flight of United Airlines non-
40/42 Laundry Acceller, Inc. ADT Authorized Dealer Advanced Carolina Foot and Ankle Center Advanced Physical Therapy of Smithfield Allen Tate, Realtors Allgood Construction Company Alta Oakridge Alta Walk Luxury Senior Living America's Best Choice Atlantic Wireless Audio Video One-Chapel Hill B.H.C. Automotive Bank of North Carolina Barton College
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stop service to San Francisco from RDU on
“His aunt’s been after him since fourth grade to come out there to San Francisco,” said his
Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
mother, Laura. But she had never been comfortable with the idea of Jacob changing
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View All
SROCCO@NEWSOBSERVER.COM A better job awaits Buy Photo
planes in some big airport between here and
5
business office manager US-NC-Nashville
there. “The fact that I can bring him here and she can
Chemical Tank Truck Driver Georgia-Pacific Chemicals, LLC US-NC-Conway
pick him up there makes it a lot easier,” Trubey
Facility Maintenance Tech-Mechanical
6
said.
Find a Job RDU has struggled for years to establish a nonstop link to the West Coast.
Keywords:
Jacob Trubey, 13, waits with his mom Laura
United expressed interest in a San Francisco
Trubey to board United Airlines' inaugural non-
flight in 2000. Midway Airlines tried nonstops to
stop flight from RDU to San Francisco on
Los Angeles and San Jose between 1997 and
Wednesday, August 15, 2012. It was his first
2001.Delta flies to Los Angeles three evenings
time flying and he was traveling by himself to
a week during the warmer months, with a
see his aunt in San Francisco. "I wouldn't put
service that has switched on and off several
him on a flight where he had to make a
times since 2008.
connection," Laura said. "I feel more
City or Zip:
comfortable putting him on a direct flight."
The new United flight gets business travelers to the San Francisco Bay area before lunchtime.
SROCCO@NEWSOBSERVER.COM Buy Photo
“It’s a substantial difference, because time is critical,” said Peter Bourne, president of Durham-based Spring Metrics, a startup software firm with 10 employees. “The ability to get out there and still get in a full day of business, opposed to spending the entire day in the Chicago airport or Dulles, is super.” Bourne said he’ll be meeting with investors and prospective partners in the Bay area.
Tom Slavonia, 11, and his sister Mary Slavonia, 9, dance and wave goodbye to their
Gov. Bev Perdue led an economic development
grandparents Bob and Mary Slavonia as they're
delegation to San Francisco, and she will host
the first people to board United Airlines'
business executives and investors at a
inaugural non-stop flight from RDU to San
reception Thursday night. Before she boarded
Francisco on Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
the flight Wednesday morning, she recalled a
SROCCO@NEWSOBSERVER.COM
West Coast meeting 18 months ago, where venture capital fund managers complained that
Buy Photo
traveling to RDU was too much trouble. “They said, ‘You know, we’ve got a better way to spend our week,’” Perdue said. “‘And unless you all can adapt to our culture, unless you can figure out a way to get us from here to there in a day, then we’re not going to be as interested in North Carolina.’”
Passengers wait for takeoff of United Airlines'
http://www.carynews.com/2012/08/15/62693/triangle-travelers-fill-first.html inaugural non-stop flight from RDU to San Cisco Systems, which has 5,000 workers in
Francisco on Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
Research Triangle Park, is the biggest Triangle employer with a home base in the Bay area.
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Triangle travelers fill first nonstop flight to San Francisco BY BRUCE SICELOFF, BSICELOFF@NEWSOBSERVER.COM As they boarded the inaugural flight of a United Airlines nonstop jet from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to San Francisco on
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Wednesday morning, Triangle travelers thought about the airports they would avoid – for a change – on their trip to the West Coast. “This is great,” said Joe Freddoso, president of MCNC, a Triangle-based technology nonprofit. “I love Dallas-Fort Worth, but I like overflying it, too.” Thirteen-year-old Jacob Trubey of Cary was
Bonnie Wisler announces the boarding directions
about to fly on his own, for the first time.
for the inaugural flight of United Airlines non-
40/42 Laundry Acceller, Inc. ADT Authorized Dealer Advanced Carolina Foot and Ankle Center Advanced Physical Therapy of Smithfield Allen Tate, Realtors Allgood Construction Company Alta Oakridge Alta Walk Luxury Senior Living America's Best Choice Atlantic Wireless Audio Video One-Chapel Hill B.H.C. Automotive Bank of North Carolina Barton College
5
6
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stop service to San Francisco from RDU on
“His aunt’s been after him since fourth grade to come out there to San Francisco,” said his
Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
mother, Laura. But she had never been comfortable with the idea of Jacob changing
Top Jobs
View All
SROCCO@NEWSOBSERVER.COM A better job awaits Buy Photo
planes in some big airport between here and
5
business office manager US-NC-Nashville
there. “The fact that I can bring him here and she can
Chemical Tank Truck Driver Georgia-Pacific Chemicals, LLC US-NC-Conway
pick him up there makes it a lot easier,” Trubey
Facility Maintenance Tech-Mechanical
6
said.
Find a Job RDU has struggled for years to establish a nonstop link to the West Coast.
Keywords:
Jacob Trubey, 13, waits with his mom Laura
United expressed interest in a San Francisco
Trubey to board United Airlines' inaugural non-
flight in 2000. Midway Airlines tried nonstops to
stop flight from RDU to San Francisco on
Los Angeles and San Jose between 1997 and
Wednesday, August 15, 2012. It was his first
2001.Delta flies to Los Angeles three evenings
time flying and he was traveling by himself to
a week during the warmer months, with a
see his aunt in San Francisco. "I wouldn't put
service that has switched on and off several
him on a flight where he had to make a
times since 2008.
connection," Laura said. "I feel more
City or Zip:
comfortable putting him on a direct flight."
The new United flight gets business travelers to the San Francisco Bay area before lunchtime.
SROCCO@NEWSOBSERVER.COM Buy Photo
“It’s a substantial difference, because time is critical,” said Peter Bourne, president of Durham-based Spring Metrics, a startup software firm with 10 employees. “The ability to get out there and still get in a full day of business, opposed to spending the entire day in the Chicago airport or Dulles, is super.” Bourne said he’ll be meeting with investors and prospective partners in the Bay area.
Tom Slavonia, 11, and his sister Mary Slavonia, 9, dance and wave goodbye to their
Gov. Bev Perdue led an economic development
grandparents Bob and Mary Slavonia as they're
delegation to San Francisco, and she will host
the first people to board United Airlines'
business executives and investors at a
inaugural non-stop flight from RDU to San
reception Thursday night. Before she boarded
Francisco on Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
the flight Wednesday morning, she recalled a
SROCCO@NEWSOBSERVER.COM
West Coast meeting 18 months ago, where venture capital fund managers complained that
Buy Photo
traveling to RDU was too much trouble. “They said, ‘You know, we’ve got a better way to spend our week,’” Perdue said. “‘And unless you all can adapt to our culture, unless you can figure out a way to get us from here to there in a day, then we’re not going to be as interested in North Carolina.’”
Passengers wait for takeoff of United Airlines' inaugural non-stop flight from RDU to San
http://www.carynews.com/2012/08/15/62693/triangle-travelers-fill-first.html Cisco Systems, which has 5,000 workers in Francisco on Wednesday, August 15, 2012. Research Triangle Park, is the biggest Triangle employer with a home base in the Bay area.
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the flight Wednesday morning, she recalled a
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West Coast meeting 18 months ago, where Buy Photo
venture capital fund managers complained that traveling to RDU was too much trouble.
Cary News | Triangle travelers fill first nonstop flight to San Francisco Page 4 of 6 “They said, ‘You know, we’ve got a better way to spend our week,’” Perdue said. “‘And unless you all can adapt to our culture, unless you can figure out a way to get us from here to there in a day, then we’re not going to be as interested in North Carolina.’”
Passengers wait for takeoff of United Airlines' inaugural non-stop flight from RDU to San
Cisco Systems, which has 5,000 workers in
Francisco on Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
Research Triangle Park, is the biggest Triangle SROCCO@NEWSOBSERVER.COM
employer with a home base in the Bay area. Glenn Schleicher, a senior technical services
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director for Cisco, makes the California trip six or seven times a year. He’ll be making a presentation at a panel discussion Thursday morning at corporate headquarters in San Jose. “I’ve been at Cisco coming up on 20 years, and it’s always been a pain to get to San Jose via a connection,” Schleicher said, holding his
United Airlines' inaugural non-stop flight from
boarding pass and carry-on bag. “This cuts the
RDU to San Francisco gets a celebratory water
trip from a multihop ordeal to a direct flight.”
salute as it taxis for takeoff on Wednesday, August 15, 2012. SROCCO@NEWSOBSERVER.COM
Also on board Wednesday was a Colorado man who is something of a semi-professional air
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traveler. Daniel Palen publishes travel tips in the “Friendly Skies” blog at upgrd.com, and he says he logs 250,000 air miles a year. He flew from his Denver home to San Francisco on Tuesday to catch United’s first nonstop to RDU Tuesday afternoon. “They had a little gate party and some cake,”
United Airlines' inaugural non-stop flight from
Palen said. “And a poster we had everyone
RDU to San Francisco taxis for takeoff on
sign.”
Wednesday, August 15, 2012. SROCCO@NEWSOBSERVER.COM
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hours at an airport hotel, and was back in Terminal 2 at 6 a.m. Wednesday for the return trip. “Just to earn the miles,” Palen said. United travelers get credit for 2,400 miles each way. “It was the inaugural flight. The fares were decent. And I thought: Why not? It’s a pretty good flight, pretty convenient,” Palen said. United uses a Boeing 737-800, which seats
Daniel Palen brought a poster along along to be
152 passengers, for its San Francisco flight.
signed by the captain and flight crew for the
Mark Arrington, United Airlines sales manager,
inaugural flight of United Airlines non-stop
said at least 10 flights over the next two
service to San Francisco from RDU on
weeks are already sold out.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012. An aviation buff who flies for work and fun, Palen, 21, lives in
Airport researchers say about 800 travelers fly
Denver but flew to San Francisco the night
between RDU and the Bay area each day.
before in order to catch the inaugural flight from there to Raleigh. SROCCO@NEWSOBSERVER.COM
“So I’m confident we can keep this thing full,” said Terry Yeargan, the RDU Airport Authority
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As they boarded the inaugural flight of a United Airlines nonstop jet from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to San Francisco on Wednesday morning, Triangle travelers thought about the airports they would avoid – for a change – on their trip to the West Coast. “This is great,” said Joe Freddoso, president of
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MCNC, a Triangle-based technology nonprofit. “I love Dallas-Fort Worth, but I like overflying it, too.”
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Thirteen-year-old Jacob Trubey of Cary was
Bonnie Wisler announces the boarding directions
about to fly on his own, for the first time.
for the inaugural flight of United Airlines non-
“His aunt’s been after him since fourth grade to come out there to San Francisco,” said his
US-NC-Nashville
Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
Chemical Tank Truck Driver Georgia-Pacific Chemicals, LLC US-NC-Conway
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planes in some big airport between here and
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business office manager
stop service to San Francisco from RDU on
mother, Laura. But she had never been comfortable with the idea of Jacob changing
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there. “The fact that I can bring him here and she can
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United expressed interest in a San Francisco
Trubey to board United Airlines' inaugural non-
flight in 2000. Midway Airlines tried nonstops to
stop flight from RDU to San Francisco on
Los Angeles and San Jose between 1997 and
Wednesday, August 15, 2012. It was his first
2001.Delta flies to Los Angeles three evenings
time flying and he was traveling by himself to
a week during the warmer months, with a
see his aunt in San Francisco. "I wouldn't put
service that has switched on and off several
him on a flight where he had to make a
times since 2008.
connection," Laura said. "I feel more
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comfortable putting him on a direct flight."
The new United flight gets business travelers to the San Francisco Bay area before lunchtime.
SROCCO@NEWSOBSERVER.COM Buy Photo
“It’s a substantial difference, because time is critical,” said Peter Bourne, president of Durham-based Spring Metrics, a startup software firm with 10 employees. “The ability to get out there and still get in a full day of business, opposed to spending the entire day in the Chicago airport or Dulles, is super.” Bourne said he’ll be meeting with investors and
http://www.easternwakenews.com/2012/08/15/19289/triangle-travelers-fill-first.html prospective partners in the Bay area. Tom Slavonia, 11, and his sister Mary Slavonia, 9, dance and wave goodbye to their
Gov. Bev Perdue led an economic development
grandparents Bob and Mary Slavonia as they're
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a week during the warmer months, with a
see his aunt in San Francisco. "I wouldn't put
service that has switched on and off several
him on a flight where he had to make a
times since 2008.
connection," Laura said. "I feel more comfortable putting him on a direct flight."
SROCCO@NEWSOBSERVER.COM The new United flight gets business travelers Eastern Wake News | Triangle travelers fill first nonstop flight to San Francisco Page 2 of 4
to the San Francisco Bay area before lunchtime.
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“It’s a substantial difference, because time is critical,” said Peter Bourne, president of Durham-based Spring Metrics, a startup software firm with 10 employees. “The ability to get out there and still get in a full day of business, opposed to spending the entire day in the Chicago airport or Dulles, is super.” Bourne said he’ll be meeting with investors and prospective partners in the Bay area.
Tom Slavonia, 11, and his sister Mary Slavonia, 9, dance and wave goodbye to their
Gov. Bev Perdue led an economic development
grandparents Bob and Mary Slavonia as they're
delegation to San Francisco, and she will host
the first people to board United Airlines'
business executives and investors at a
inaugural non-stop flight from RDU to San
reception Thursday night. Before she boarded
Francisco on Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
the flight Wednesday morning, she recalled a
SROCCO@NEWSOBSERVER.COM
West Coast meeting 18 months ago, where Buy Photo
venture capital fund managers complained that traveling to RDU was too much trouble. “They said, ‘You know, we’ve got a better way to spend our week,’” Perdue said. “‘And unless you all can adapt to our culture, unless you can figure out a way to get us from here to there in a day, then we’re not going to be as interested in North Carolina.’”
Passengers wait for takeoff of United Airlines' inaugural non-stop flight from RDU to San
Cisco Systems, which has 5,000 workers in
Francisco on Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
Research Triangle Park, is the biggest Triangle employer with a home base in the Bay area.
SROCCO@NEWSOBSERVER.COM
Glenn Schleicher, a senior technical services
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director for Cisco, makes the California trip six or seven times a year. He’ll be making a presentation at a panel discussion Thursday morning at corporate headquarters in San Jose. “I’ve been at Cisco coming up on 20 years, and it’s always been a pain to get to San Jose via a connection,” Schleicher said, holding his
United Airlines' inaugural non-stop flight from
boarding pass and carry-on bag. “This cuts the
RDU to San Francisco gets a celebratory water
trip from a multihop ordeal to a direct flight.”
salute as it taxis for takeoff on Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
Also on board Wednesday was a Colorado man who is something of a semi-professional air
SROCCO@NEWSOBSERVER.COM Buy Photo
traveler. Daniel Palen publishes travel tips in the “Friendly Skies” blog at upgrd.com, and he says he logs 250,000 air miles a year. He flew from his Denver home to San Francisco on Tuesday to catch United’s first nonstop to RDU Tuesday afternoon. “They had a little gate party and some cake,”
United Airlines' inaugural non-stop flight from
Palen said. “And a poster we had everyone
RDU to San Francisco taxis for takeoff on
sign.”
Wednesday, August 15, 2012. SROCCO@NEWSOBSERVER.COM
He flew into RDU Tuesday evening, slept a few hours at an airport hotel, and was back in
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Terminal 2 at 6 a.m. Wednesday for the return trip. “Just to earn the miles,” Palen said. United travelers get credit for 2,400 miles each way. “It was the inaugural flight. The fares were decent. And I thought: Why not? It’s a pretty good flight, pretty convenient,” Palen said. United uses a Boeing 737-800, which seats
Daniel Palen brought a poster along along to be
152 passengers, for its San Francisco flight. signed by the captain and flight crew for the http://www.easternwakenews.com/2012/08/15/19289/triangle-travelers-fill-first.html Mark Arrington, United Airlines sales manager,
inaugural flight of United Airlines non-stop
said at least 10 flights over the next two
service to San Francisco from RDU on
weeks are already sold out.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012. An aviation buff
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“They had a little gate party and some cake,”
United Airlines' inaugural non-stop flight from
Palen said. “And a poster we had everyone
RDU to San Francisco taxis for takeoff on
sign.”
Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
Eastern Wake News | Triangle travelers fill first nonstop flight to San Francisco Page 3 of 4 SROCCO@NEWSOBSERVER.COM He flew into RDU Tuesday evening, slept a few Buy Photo
hours at an airport hotel, and was back in Terminal 2 at 6 a.m. Wednesday for the return trip. “Just to earn the miles,” Palen said. United travelers get credit for 2,400 miles each way. “It was the inaugural flight. The fares were decent. And I thought: Why not? It’s a pretty good flight, pretty convenient,” Palen said. United uses a Boeing 737-800, which seats
Daniel Palen brought a poster along along to be
152 passengers, for its San Francisco flight.
signed by the captain and flight crew for the
Mark Arrington, United Airlines sales manager,
inaugural flight of United Airlines non-stop
said at least 10 flights over the next two
service to San Francisco from RDU on
weeks are already sold out.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012. An aviation buff who flies for work and fun, Palen, 21, lives in
Airport researchers say about 800 travelers fly
Denver but flew to San Francisco the night
between RDU and the Bay area each day.
before in order to catch the inaugural flight from there to Raleigh. SROCCO@NEWSOBSERVER.COM
“So I’m confident we can keep this thing full,” said Terry Yeargan, the RDU Airport Authority
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The departure board advertises the inaugural flight of United Airlines non-stop service to San Francisco from RDU on Wednesday, August 15, 2012. SROCCO@NEWSOBSERVER.COM Buy Photo
A United Airlines plane gets ready for takeoff for the company's inaugural non-stop service to San Francisco from RDU on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012.
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Raleigh-Durham to San Francisco United Airlines daily nonstop service. Departure: UA138 leaves RDU 6:57 a.m., arrives SFO 9:43 a.m. PDT. Travel time: 5 hours 46 minutes. Arrival: UA140 leaves SFO 1:08 p.m. PDT, arrives RDU 9:18 p.m. Travel time: 5 hours 10 minutes. Plane: Boeing 737-800, seats 152 passengers. Price: Lowest round-trip fare posted at united.com: $396.
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