{"id":403360,"date":"2026-04-11T06:48:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/rdu-welcomes-record-5th-long-haul-airline-next-week\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T06:48:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:48:47","slug":"final-countdown-rdu-welcomes-record-5th-new-long-haul-airline-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=403360","title":{"rendered":"Final Countdown: RDU Welcomes Record 5th New Long-Haul Airline Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Irish carrier <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"255104\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/aer-lingus\/\"  >Aer Lingus<\/a><\/span> will become the fifth international long-haul carrier to serve <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"294358\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/raleigh-durhamairport\/\"  >Raleigh\u2013Durham International Airport<\/a><\/span> (RDU). The route, which will commence on April 13, will offer a non-stop connection to the Irish capital, operating five times a week using the airline&#8217;s modern <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"739508\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/airbus-a321xlr\/\"  >Airbus A321XLR<\/a><\/span>. These services will complement American Airlines&#8217; seasonal service from Charlotte to Dublin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irish carrier Aer Lingus set to become the fifth international long-haul carrier to serve Raleigh-Durham International Airport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1462,396,476,1059,2910,15477,423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-403360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aer-lingus","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-new-route","category-raleigh-durham-international-airport","category-sf-routes-analysis","category-united-states"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=403360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":403361,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403360\/revisions\/403361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=403360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=403360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=403360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}