RDU Launches “Your Story” Contest To Mark Record Year of Growth

RDU Airport, N.C. – Raleigh-Durham International Airport is on track to reach the highest number of passengers in a single year, nearly 11 million!  To celebrate, the Airport Authority is launching a contest to thank its customers for using RDU during the past year.

“Our record growth simply wouldn’t be possible without each customer choosing to fly from RDU to one of our 46 nonstop destinations,” said Kristie VanAuken, RDU vice-president for communications and community affairs. “Our ‘Your Story’ contest is a fun and engaging way to thank our customers for their support.”

By visiting rdu.com/story, RDU customers can upload a photo and short story about their travels from Raleigh-Durham International Airport in 2016. On Wednesday, December 21, the airport will choose a winner to receive a travel gift card, gift basket from The Shops of RDU that includes a bag by local designer Holly Aiken and a behind-the-scenes tour of the airport.

The winner will be announced on Wednesday, December 21 on Facebook.

About the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority

The Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority and its 300 staff operates and manages Raleigh-Durham International Airport, the primary air travel gateway to central North Carolina. The airport serves more than 10 million passengers each year, 30,000 customers every day and is home to more than 5,000 employees. RDU contributes more than $8.5 billion and 20,000 jobs to the region’s economy each year.  The Airport Authority has won the Triangle Business Journal’s Heathiest Employer of the Triangle for the past three years straight and in 2015 was named by J.D. Power & Associates the third best medium sized airport in the United States.

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