v1 Route Advocacy

The Case for RDU ↔ XNA

Northwest Arkansas Regional is offering $30,000 per weekly operating day for a nonstop to Raleigh. This tool makes the demand visible. Read the full case here.

~47 pax/day
Current RDU–XNA volume · all 1-stop
$30K/wk
XNA incentive · Yr 1
2007–09
Prior AA Eagle service
68%
Ticketed on American
43
Breeze nonstops from RDU
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People who'd fly this route
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Who to reach directly

XNA · Business Development
Andrew Branch
andrew.branch@flyxna.com
RDU · Air Service Development
David Freedman, SVP & CRO
RDU leadership page →
Data: DOT BTS DB1B 2025 H1 (10% ticket sample), XNA March 2026 target-market analysis (via FareFlight NWA), RDU.com destinations page.

By Palmer Jones · full case →
Overview · XNA's target markets

Raleigh is one of 9 cities XNA is paying for a nonstop to

XNA's March 2026 incentive program named nine unserved markets. Every arc below is a public dollar commitment from the airport authority. Raleigh (in clay) is Tier 2 at $30K per weekly operating day. Tap any city for details.

Triangle · RTP

The RTP corporate footprint

Seven RTP-area tech companies with active supplier or partner relationships in NW Arkansas.

Northwest Arkansas · NWA

The Bentonville anchor cluster

Four Fortune-scale HQs within 25 minutes of XNA, plus the U of Arkansas Walton College of Business.