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Endeavor Air is a wholly-owned regional subsidiary of Delta Air Lines. It operates short- and medium-haul flights under the Delta Connect brand. Today, it announced that it is opening its seventh base at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) with 130 to 170 total crew assigned there.
Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) like Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) is a focus city for Delta and with a crew base here, Endeavor will be able to expand in the future beyond flying to Delta’s hubs. Currently, the following 20 airports are served from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU):
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)
- Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)
- Boston Logan International Airport (BOS)
- Cancún International Airport (CUN)
- Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG)
- Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW)
- Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL)
- Las Vegas Harry Reid International Airport (LAS)
- Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
- Miami International Airport (MIA)
- Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)
- Nashville International Airport (BNA)
- Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)
- New York John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK)
- New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA)
- Orlando International Airport (MCO)
- Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)
- Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)
- Tampa International Airport (TPA)
- Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)
Let’s see if Delta brings back some of the routes it used to fly out of Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU), including:
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI)
- Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE)
- John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH)
- Indianapolis International Airport (IND)
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)
Endeavor Air currently runs a maintenance base at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU). It also has crew and maintenance bases at the following airports:
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)
- Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG)
- Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW)
- Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)
- New York John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK)
- New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA)
Additionally, it operates maintenance bases at these airports:
- Central Wisconsin Airport (CWA)
- Des Moines International Airport (DSM)
- Indianapolis International Airport (IND)
- Knoxville’s McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS)
Brian Darsow, Chief Operating Officer at Endeavor Air, Said:
Endeavor’s current network flying includes considerable RDU-to-outstation activity that will best be covered by a crew base in RDU. A crew base in RDU will increase efficiency and support operational reliability. The RDU crew base will support Endeavor’s operation as the airline ramps up to operating 141 aircraft by the summer of 2025.”
Anthony’s Take: I’d like a little more Delta love out of Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD), but I understand why Delta operates what it does there given that it’s a hub for both American and United. It’s great to see Raleigh continuing to grow and who knows what routes will be added in the future.
(Image Credits: Endeavor Air.)
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