The new flight brings the number of international destinations out of RDU to 12, a record for the airport. Through October, nearly 248,000 people had boarded flights at RDU bound for international destinations. That's nearly a 28 percent increase over last year.

Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) on Monday announced Air Canada will begin nonstop flights to Vancouver in June 2025.

Family and friends are mourning Soren Dixon, Jack Nelson and Krysta Tsukahara, all college students who graduated from Piedmont High School in 2023. Four lifelong friends from the UK recreated their favorite vacation photo over half a century later. The group chatted to CNN Travel about the experience and how they’ve stayed close over the decades.

The seasonal service to Vancouver will give Triangle travelers two options to western Canada, including WestJet’s nonstop flights to Calgary.

It's not uncommon for flight announcements to lead competitors, too, to step up their game. In 1996, for example, RDU got its first international carrier in Air Canada, which launched flights to Toronto. A year later, Canadian Region's Toronto flight took off.