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DATE: 08−15−2012HEADLINE: Triangle travelers fill first nonstop flight to San Francisco
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Triangle travelers fill first nonstop flight to San Francisco
By Bruce Siceloff−[email protected]
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As they boarded the inaugural flight of a United Airlines nonstop jet from Raleigh−Durham InternationalAirport to San Francisco on Wednesday morning, Triangle travelers thought about the airports they wouldavoid " for a change " on their trip to the West Coast.
"This is great," said Joe Freddoso, president of MCNC, a Triangle−based technology nonprofit. "I loveDallas−Fort Worth, but I like overflying it, too."
Thirteen−year−old Jacob Trubey of Cary was about to fly on his own, for the first time.
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Triangle travelers fill first nonstop flight to San Francisco
BY BRUCE SICELOFF,
As they boarded the inaugural flight of a United
Airlines nonstop jet from Raleigh-Durham
International Airport to San Francisco on
Wednesday morning, Triangle travelers
thought about the airports they would avoid –
for a change – on their trip to the West Coast.
“This is great,” said Joe Freddoso, president of
MCNC, a Triangle-based technology nonprofit.
“I love Dallas-Fort Worth, but I like overflying it,
too.”
Thirteen-year-old Jacob Trubey of Cary was
about to fly on his own, for the first time.
“His aunt’s been after him since fourth grade to
come out there to San Francisco,” said his
mother, Laura. But she had never been
comfortable with the idea of Jacob changing
planes in some big airport between here and
there.
“The fact that I can bring him here and she can
pick him up there makes it a lot easier,” Trubey
said.
RDU has struggled for years to establish a
nonstop link to the West Coast.
United expressed interest in a San Francisco
flight in 2000. Midway Airlines tried nonstops to
Los Angeles and San Jose between 1997 and
2001.Delta flies to Los Angeles three evenings
a week during the warmer months, with a
service that has switched on and off several
times since 2008.
The new United flight gets business travelers
to the San Francisco Bay area before lunchtime.
“It’s a substantial difference, because time is
critical,” said Peter Bourne, president of
Durham-based Spring Metrics, a startup
software firm with 10 employees. “The ability to
get out there and still get in a full day of
business, opposed to spending the entire day
in the Chicago airport or Dulles, is super.”
Bourne said he’ll be meeting with investors and
prospective partners in the Bay area.
Gov. Bev Perdue led an economic development
delegation to San Francisco, and she will host
business executives and investors at a
reception Thursday night. Before she boarded
the flight Wednesday morning, she recalled a
West Coast meeting 18 months ago, where
venture capital fund managers complained that
traveling to RDU was too much trouble.
“They said, ‘You know, we’ve got a better way
to spend our week,’” Perdue said. “‘And unless
you all can adapt to our culture, unless you can
figure out a way to get us from here to there in
a day, then we’re not going to be as interested
in North Carolina.’”
Cisco Systems, which has 5,000 workers in
Research Triangle Park, is the biggest Triangle
employer with a home base in the Bay area.
Glenn Schleicher, a senior technical services
director for Cisco, makes the California trip six
or seven times a year.
He’ll be making a presentation at a panel
discussion Thursday morning at corporate
headquarters in San Jose.
“I’ve been at Cisco coming up on 20 years, and
it’s always been a pain to get to San Jose via a
connection,” Schleicher said, holding his
boarding pass and carry-on bag. “This cuts the
trip from a multihop ordeal to a direct flight.”
Also on board Wednesday was a Colorado man
who is something of a semi-professional air
traveler.
Daniel Palen publishes travel tips in the
“Friendly Skies” blog at upgrd.com, and he says
he logs 250,000 air miles a year. He flew from
his Denver home to San Francisco on Tuesday
to catch United’s first nonstop to RDU Tuesday
afternoon.
“They had a little gate party and some cake,”
Palen said. “And a poster we had everyone
sign.”
He flew into RDU Tuesday evening, slept a few
hours at an airport hotel, and was back in
Terminal 2 at 6 a.m. Wednesday for the return
trip.
“Just to earn the miles,” Palen said. United
travelers get credit for 2,400 miles each way.
“It was the inaugural flight. The fares were
decent. And I thought: Why not? It’s a pretty
good flight, pretty convenient,” Palen said.
United uses a Boeing 737-800, which seats
152 passengers, for its San Francisco flight.
Mark Arrington, United Airlines sales manager,
said at least 10 flights over the next two
weeks are already sold out.
Airport researchers say about 800 travelers fly
between RDU and the Bay area each day.
“So I’m confident we can keep this thing full,”
said Terry Yeargan, the RDU Airport Authority
chairman. Siceloff: 919-829-4527 or
blogs.newsobserver.com/crosstown or
twitter.com/Road_Worrier/
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Bonnie Wisler announces the boarding directions
for the inaugural flight of United Airlines non-
stop service to San Francisco from RDU on
Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
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Jacob Trubey, 13, waits with his mom Laura
Trubey to board United Airlines' inaugural non-
stop flight from RDU to San Francisco on
Wednesday, August 15, 2012. It was his first
time flying and he was traveling by himself to
see his aunt in San Francisco. "I wouldn't put
him on a flight where he had to make a
connection," Laura said. "I feel more
comfortable putting him on a direct flight."
Buy Photo
Tom Slavonia, 11, and his sister Mary Slavonia,
9, dance and wave goodbye to their
grandparents Bob and Mary Slavonia as they're
the first people to board United Airlines'
inaugural non-stop flight from RDU to San
Francisco on Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
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Passengers wait for takeoff of United Airlines'
inaugural non-stop flight from RDU to San
Francisco on Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
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United Airlines' inaugural non-stop flight from
RDU to San Francisco gets a celebratory water
salute as it taxis for takeoff on Wednesday,
August 15, 2012.
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United Airlines' inaugural non-stop flight from
RDU to San Francisco taxis for takeoff on
Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
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Daniel Palen brought a poster along along to be
signed by the captain and flight crew for the
inaugural flight of United Airlines non-stop
service to San Francisco from RDU on
Wednesday, August 15, 2012. An aviation buff
who flies for work and fun, Palen, 21, lives in
Denver but flew to San Francisco the night
before in order to catch the inaugural flight from
there to Raleigh.
Buy Photo
The departure board advertises the inaugural
flight of United Airlines non-stop service to San
Francisco from RDU on Wednesday, August 15,
2012.
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A United Airlines plane gets ready for takeoff for
the company's inaugural non-stop service to San
Francisco from RDU on Wednesday, Aug. 15,
2012.
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BY BRUCE SICELOFF,
As they boarded the inaugural flight of a United
Airlines nonstop jet from Raleigh-Durham
International Airport to San Francisco on
Wednesday morning, Triangle travelers
thought about the airports they would avoid –
for a change – on their trip to the West Coast.
“This is great,” said Joe Freddoso, president of
MCNC, a Triangle-based technology nonprofit.
“I love Dallas-Fort Worth, but I like overflying it,
too.”
Thirteen-year-old Jacob Trubey of Cary was
about to fly on his own, for the first time.
“His aunt’s been after him since fourth grade to
come out there to San Francisco,” said his
mother, Laura. But she had never been
comfortable with the idea of Jacob changing
planes in some big airport between here and
there.
“The fact that I can bring him here and she can
pick him up there makes it a lot easier,” Trubey
said.
RDU has struggled for years to establish a
nonstop link to the West Coast.
United expressed interest in a San Francisco
flight in 2000. Midway Airlines tried nonstops to
Los Angeles and San Jose between 1997 and
2001.Delta flies to Los Angeles three evenings
a week during the warmer months, with a
service that has switched on and off several
times since 2008.
The new United flight gets business travelers
to the San Francisco Bay area before lunchtime.
“It’s a substantial difference, because time is
critical,” said Peter Bourne, president of
Durham-based Spring Metrics, a startup
software firm with 10 employees. “The ability to
get out there and still get in a full day of
business, opposed to spending the entire day
in the Chicago airport or Dulles, is super.”
Bourne said he’ll be meeting with investors and
prospective partners in the Bay area.
Gov. Bev Perdue led an economic development
delegation to San Francisco, and she will host
business executives and investors at a
reception Thursday night. Before she boarded
the flight Wednesday morning, she recalled a
West Coast meeting 18 months ago, where
venture capital fund managers complained that
traveling to RDU was too much trouble.
“They said, ‘You know, we’ve got a better way
to spend our week,’” Perdue said. “‘And unless
you all can adapt to our culture, unless you can
figure out a way to get us from here to there in
a day, then we’re not going to be as interested
in North Carolina.’”
Cisco Systems, which has 5,000 workers in
Research Triangle Park, is the biggest Triangle
employer with a home base in the Bay area.
Glenn Schleicher, a senior technical services
director for Cisco, makes the California trip six
or seven times a year.
He’ll be making a presentation at a panel
discussion Thursday morning at corporate
headquarters in San Jose.
“I’ve been at Cisco coming up on 20 years, and
it’s always been a pain to get to San Jose via a
connection,” Schleicher said, holding his
boarding pass and carry-on bag. “This cuts the
trip from a multihop ordeal to a direct flight.”
Also on board Wednesday was a Colorado man
who is something of a semi-professional air
traveler.
Daniel Palen publishes travel tips in the
“Friendly Skies” blog at upgrd.com, and he says
he logs 250,000 air miles a year. He flew from
his Denver home to San Francisco on Tuesday
to catch United’s first nonstop to RDU Tuesday
afternoon.
“They had a little gate party and some cake,”
Palen said. “And a poster we had everyone
sign.”
He flew into RDU Tuesday evening, slept a few
hours at an airport hotel, and was back in
Terminal 2 at 6 a.m. Wednesday for the return
trip.
“Just to earn the miles,” Palen said. United
travelers get credit for 2,400 miles each way.
“It was the inaugural flight. The fares were
decent. And I thought: Why not? It’s a pretty
good flight, pretty convenient,” Palen said.
United uses a Boeing 737-800, which seats
152 passengers, for its San Francisco flight.
Mark Arrington, United Airlines sales manager,
said at least 10 flights over the next two
weeks are already sold out.
Airport researchers say about 800 travelers fly
between RDU and the Bay area each day.
“So I’m confident we can keep this thing full,”
said Terry Yeargan, the RDU Airport Authority
chairman. Siceloff: 919-829-4527 or
blogs.newsobserver.com/crosstown or
twitter.com/Road_Worrier/
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Bonnie Wisler announces the boarding directions
for the inaugural flight of United Airlines non-
stop service to San Francisco from RDU on
Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
Buy Photo
Jacob Trubey, 13, waits with his mom Laura
Trubey to board United Airlines' inaugural non-
stop flight from RDU to San Francisco on
Wednesday, August 15, 2012. It was his first
time flying and he was traveling by himself to
see his aunt in San Francisco. "I wouldn't put
him on a flight where he had to make a
connection," Laura said. "I feel more
comfortable putting him on a direct flight."
Buy Photo
Tom Slavonia, 11, and his sister Mary Slavonia,
9, dance and wave goodbye to their
grandparents Bob and Mary Slavonia as they're
the first people to board United Airlines'
inaugural non-stop flight from RDU to San
Francisco on Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
Buy Photo
Passengers wait for takeoff of United Airlines'
inaugural non-stop flight from RDU to San
Francisco on Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
Buy Photo
United Airlines' inaugural non-stop flight from
RDU to San Francisco gets a celebratory water
salute as it taxis for takeoff on Wednesday,
August 15, 2012.
Buy Photo
United Airlines' inaugural non-stop flight from
RDU to San Francisco taxis for takeoff on
Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
Buy Photo
Daniel Palen brought a poster along along to be
signed by the captain and flight crew for the
inaugural flight of United Airlines non-stop
service to San Francisco from RDU on
Wednesday, August 15, 2012. An aviation buff
who flies for work and fun, Palen, 21, lives in
Denver but flew to San Francisco the night
before in order to catch the inaugural flight from
there to Raleigh.
Buy Photo
The departure board advertises the inaugural
flight of United Airlines non-stop service to San
Francisco from RDU on Wednesday, August 15,
2012.
Buy Photo
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the company's inaugural non-stop service to San
Francisco from RDU on Wednesday, Aug. 15,
2012.
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time: 5 hours 46 minutes. Arrival: UA140 leaves
SFO 1:08 p.m. PDT, arrives RDU 9:18 p.m. Travel
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BY BRUCE SICELOFF,
As they boarded the inaugural flight of a United
Airlines nonstop jet from Raleigh-Durham
International Airport to San Francisco on
Wednesday morning, Triangle travelers
thought about the airports they would avoid –
for a change – on their trip to the West Coast.
“This is great,” said Joe Freddoso, president of
MCNC, a Triangle-based technology nonprofit.
“I love Dallas-Fort Worth, but I like overflying it,
too.”
Thirteen-year-old Jacob Trubey of Cary was
about to fly on his own, for the first time.
“His aunt’s been after him since fourth grade to
come out there to San Francisco,” said his
mother, Laura. But she had never been
comfortable with the idea of Jacob changing
planes in some big airport between here and
there.
“The fact that I can bring him here and she can
pick him up there makes it a lot easier,” Trubey
said.
RDU has struggled for years to establish a
nonstop link to the West Coast.
United expressed interest in a San Francisco
flight in 2000. Midway Airlines tried nonstops to
Los Angeles and San Jose between 1997 and
2001.Delta flies to Los Angeles three evenings
a week during the warmer months, with a
service that has switched on and off several
times since 2008.
The new United flight gets business travelers
to the San Francisco Bay area before lunchtime.
“It’s a substantial difference, because time is
critical,” said Peter Bourne, president of
Durham-based Spring Metrics, a startup
software firm with 10 employees. “The ability to
get out there and still get in a full day of
business, opposed to spending the entire day
in the Chicago airport or Dulles, is super.”
Bourne said he’ll be meeting with investors and
prospective partners in the Bay area.
Gov. Bev Perdue led an economic development
delegation to San Francisco, and she will host
business executives and investors at a
reception Thursday night. Before she boarded
the flight Wednesday morning, she recalled a
West Coast meeting 18 months ago, where
venture capital fund managers complained that
traveling to RDU was too much trouble.
“They said, ‘You know, we’ve got a better way
to spend our week,’” Perdue said. “‘And unless
you all can adapt to our culture, unless you can
figure out a way to get us from here to there in
a day, then we’re not going to be as interested
in North Carolina.’”
Cisco Systems, which has 5,000 workers in
Research Triangle Park, is the biggest Triangle
employer with a home base in the Bay area.
Glenn Schleicher, a senior technical services
director for Cisco, makes the California trip six
or seven times a year.
He’ll be making a presentation at a panel
discussion Thursday morning at corporate
headquarters in San Jose.
“I’ve been at Cisco coming up on 20 years, and
it’s always been a pain to get to San Jose via a
connection,” Schleicher said, holding his
boarding pass and carry-on bag. “This cuts the
trip from a multihop ordeal to a direct flight.”
Also on board Wednesday was a Colorado man
who is something of a semi-professional air
traveler.
Daniel Palen publishes travel tips in the
“Friendly Skies” blog at upgrd.com, and he says
he logs 250,000 air miles a year. He flew from
his Denver home to San Francisco on Tuesday
to catch United’s first nonstop to RDU Tuesday
afternoon.
“They had a little gate party and some cake,”
Palen said. “And a poster we had everyone
sign.”
He flew into RDU Tuesday evening, slept a few
hours at an airport hotel, and was back in
Terminal 2 at 6 a.m. Wednesday for the return
trip.
“Just to earn the miles,” Palen said. United
travelers get credit for 2,400 miles each way.
“It was the inaugural flight. The fares were
decent. And I thought: Why not? It’s a pretty
good flight, pretty convenient,” Palen said.
United uses a Boeing 737-800, which seats
152 passengers, for its San Francisco flight.
Mark Arrington, United Airlines sales manager,
said at least 10 flights over the next two
weeks are already sold out.
Airport researchers say about 800 travelers fly
between RDU and the Bay area each day.
“So I’m confident we can keep this thing full,”
said Terry Yeargan, the RDU Airport Authority
chairman. Siceloff: 919-829-4527 or
blogs.newsobserver.com/crosstown or
twitter.com/Road_Worrier/
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Bonnie Wisler announces the boarding directions
for the inaugural flight of United Airlines non-
stop service to San Francisco from RDU on
Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
Buy Photo
Jacob Trubey, 13, waits with his mom Laura
Trubey to board United Airlines' inaugural non-
stop flight from RDU to San Francisco on
Wednesday, August 15, 2012. It was his first
time flying and he was traveling by himself to
see his aunt in San Francisco. "I wouldn't put
him on a flight where he had to make a
connection," Laura said. "I feel more
comfortable putting him on a direct flight."
Buy Photo
Tom Slavonia, 11, and his sister Mary Slavonia,
9, dance and wave goodbye to their
grandparents Bob and Mary Slavonia as they're
the first people to board United Airlines'
inaugural non-stop flight from RDU to San
Francisco on Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
Buy Photo
Passengers wait for takeoff of United Airlines'
inaugural non-stop flight from RDU to San
Francisco on Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
Buy Photo
United Airlines' inaugural non-stop flight from
RDU to San Francisco gets a celebratory water
salute as it taxis for takeoff on Wednesday,
August 15, 2012.
Buy Photo
United Airlines' inaugural non-stop flight from
RDU to San Francisco taxis for takeoff on
Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
Buy Photo
Daniel Palen brought a poster along along to be
signed by the captain and flight crew for the
inaugural flight of United Airlines non-stop
service to San Francisco from RDU on
Wednesday, August 15, 2012. An aviation buff
who flies for work and fun, Palen, 21, lives in
Denver but flew to San Francisco the night
before in order to catch the inaugural flight from
there to Raleigh.
Buy Photo
The departure board advertises the inaugural
flight of United Airlines non-stop service to San
Francisco from RDU on Wednesday, August 15,
2012.
Buy Photo
A United Airlines plane gets ready for takeoff for
the company's inaugural non-stop service to San
Francisco from RDU on Wednesday, Aug. 15,
2012.
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RDU 6:57 a.m., arrives SFO 9:43 a.m. PDT. Travel
time: 5 hours 46 minutes. Arrival: UA140 leaves
SFO 1:08 p.m. PDT, arrives RDU 9:18 p.m. Travel
time: 5 hours 10 minutes. Plane: Boeing 737-800,
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BY BRUCE SICELOFF,
As they boarded the inaugural flight of a United
Airlines nonstop jet from Raleigh-Durham
International Airport to San Francisco on
Wednesday morning, Triangle travelers
thought about the airports they would avoid –
for a change – on their trip to the West Coast.
“This is great,” said Joe Freddoso, president of
MCNC, a Triangle-based technology nonprofit.
“I love Dallas-Fort Worth, but I like overflying it,
too.”
Thirteen-year-old Jacob Trubey of Cary was
about to fly on his own, for the first time.
“His aunt’s been after him since fourth grade to
come out there to San Francisco,” said his
mother, Laura. But she had never been
comfortable with the idea of Jacob changing
planes in some big airport between here and
there.
“The fact that I can bring him here and she can
pick him up there makes it a lot easier,” Trubey
said.
RDU has struggled for years to establish a
nonstop link to the West Coast.
United expressed interest in a San Francisco
flight in 2000. Midway Airlines tried nonstops to
Los Angeles and San Jose between 1997 and
2001.Delta flies to Los Angeles three evenings
a week during the warmer months, with a
service that has switched on and off several
times since 2008.
The new United flight gets business travelers
to the San Francisco Bay area before lunchtime.
“It’s a substantial difference, because time is
critical,” said Peter Bourne, president of
Durham-based Spring Metrics, a startup
software firm with 10 employees. “The ability to
get out there and still get in a full day of
business, opposed to spending the entire day
in the Chicago airport or Dulles, is super.”
Bourne said he’ll be meeting with investors and
prospective partners in the Bay area.
Gov. Bev Perdue led an economic development
delegation to San Francisco, and she will host
business executives and investors at a
reception Thursday night. Before she boarded
the flight Wednesday morning, she recalled a
West Coast meeting 18 months ago, where
venture capital fund managers complained that
traveling to RDU was too much trouble.
“They said, ‘You know, we’ve got a better way
to spend our week,’” Perdue said. “‘And unless
you all can adapt to our culture, unless you can
figure out a way to get us from here to there in
a day, then we’re not going to be as interested
in North Carolina.’”
Cisco Systems, which has 5,000 workers in
Research Triangle Park, is the biggest Triangle
employer with a home base in the Bay area.
Glenn Schleicher, a senior technical services
director for Cisco, makes the California trip six
or seven times a year.
He’ll be making a presentation at a panel
discussion Thursday morning at corporate
headquarters in San Jose.
“I’ve been at Cisco coming up on 20 years, and
it’s always been a pain to get to San Jose via a
connection,” Schleicher said, holding his
boarding pass and carry-on bag. “This cuts the
trip from a multihop ordeal to a direct flight.”
Also on board Wednesday was a Colorado man
who is something of a semi-professional air
traveler.
Daniel Palen publishes travel tips in the
“Friendly Skies” blog at upgrd.com, and he says
he logs 250,000 air miles a year. He flew from
his Denver home to San Francisco on Tuesday
to catch United’s first nonstop to RDU Tuesday
afternoon.
“They had a little gate party and some cake,”
Palen said. “And a poster we had everyone
sign.”
He flew into RDU Tuesday evening, slept a few
hours at an airport hotel, and was back in
Terminal 2 at 6 a.m. Wednesday for the return
trip.
“Just to earn the miles,” Palen said. United
travelers get credit for 2,400 miles each way.
“It was the inaugural flight. The fares were
decent. And I thought: Why not? It’s a pretty
good flight, pretty convenient,” Palen said.
United uses a Boeing 737-800, which seats
152 passengers, for its San Francisco flight.
Mark Arrington, United Airlines sales manager,
said at least 10 flights over the next two
weeks are already sold out.
Airport researchers say about 800 travelers fly
between RDU and the Bay area each day.
“So I’m confident we can keep this thing full,”
said Terry Yeargan, the RDU Airport Authority
chairman. Siceloff: 919-829-4527 or
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012. It was his first
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see his aunt in San Francisco. "I wouldn't put
him on a flight where he had to make a
connection," Laura said. "I feel more
comfortable putting him on a direct flight."
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Tom Slavonia, 11, and his sister Mary Slavonia,
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BY BRUCE SICELOFF,
As they boarded the inaugural flight of a United
Airlines nonstop jet from Raleigh-Durham
International Airport to San Francisco on
Wednesday morning, Triangle travelers
thought about the airports they would avoid –
for a change – on their trip to the West Coast.
“This is great,” said Joe Freddoso, president of
MCNC, a Triangle-based technology nonprofit.
“I love Dallas-Fort Worth, but I like overflying it,
too.”
Thirteen-year-old Jacob Trubey of Cary was
about to fly on his own, for the first time.
“His aunt’s been after him since fourth grade to
come out there to San Francisco,” said his
mother, Laura. But she had never been
comfortable with the idea of Jacob changing
planes in some big airport between here and
there.
“The fact that I can bring him here and she can
pick him up there makes it a lot easier,” Trubey
said.
RDU has struggled for years to establish a
nonstop link to the West Coast.
United expressed interest in a San Francisco
flight in 2000. Midway Airlines tried nonstops to
Los Angeles and San Jose between 1997 and
2001.Delta flies to Los Angeles three evenings
a week during the warmer months, with a
service that has switched on and off several
times since 2008.
The new United flight gets business travelers
to the San Francisco Bay area before lunchtime.
“It’s a substantial difference, because time is
critical,” said Peter Bourne, president of
Durham-based Spring Metrics, a startup
software firm with 10 employees. “The ability to
get out there and still get in a full day of
business, opposed to spending the entire day
in the Chicago airport or Dulles, is super.”
Bourne said he’ll be meeting with investors and
prospective partners in the Bay area.
Gov. Bev Perdue led an economic development
delegation to San Francisco, and she will host
business executives and investors at a
reception Thursday night. Before she boarded
the flight Wednesday morning, she recalled a
West Coast meeting 18 months ago, where
venture capital fund managers complained that
traveling to RDU was too much trouble.
“They said, ‘You know, we’ve got a better way
to spend our week,’” Perdue said. “‘And unless
you all can adapt to our culture, unless you can
figure out a way to get us from here to there in
a day, then we’re not going to be as interested
in North Carolina.’”
Cisco Systems, which has 5,000 workers in
Research Triangle Park, is the biggest Triangle
employer with a home base in the Bay area.
Glenn Schleicher, a senior technical services
director for Cisco, makes the California trip six
or seven times a year.
He’ll be making a presentation at a panel
discussion Thursday morning at corporate
headquarters in San Jose.
“I’ve been at Cisco coming up on 20 years, and
it’s always been a pain to get to San Jose via a
connection,” Schleicher said, holding his
boarding pass and carry-on bag. “This cuts the
trip from a multihop ordeal to a direct flight.”
Also on board Wednesday was a Colorado man
who is something of a semi-professional air
traveler.
Daniel Palen publishes travel tips in the
“Friendly Skies” blog at upgrd.com, and he says
he logs 250,000 air miles a year. He flew from
his Denver home to San Francisco on Tuesday
to catch United’s first nonstop to RDU Tuesday
afternoon.
“They had a little gate party and some cake,”
Palen said. “And a poster we had everyone
sign.”
He flew into RDU Tuesday evening, slept a few
hours at an airport hotel, and was back in
Terminal 2 at 6 a.m. Wednesday for the return
trip.
“Just to earn the miles,” Palen said. United
travelers get credit for 2,400 miles each way.
“It was the inaugural flight. The fares were
decent. And I thought: Why not? It’s a pretty
good flight, pretty convenient,” Palen said.
United uses a Boeing 737-800, which seats
152 passengers, for its San Francisco flight.
Mark Arrington, United Airlines sales manager,
said at least 10 flights over the next two
weeks are already sold out.
Airport researchers say about 800 travelers fly
between RDU and the Bay area each day.
“So I’m confident we can keep this thing full,”
said Terry Yeargan, the RDU Airport Authority
chairman. Siceloff: 919-829-4527 or
blogs.newsobserver.com/crosstown or
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Trubey to board United Airlines' inaugural non-
stop flight from RDU to San Francisco on
Wednesday, August 15, 2012. It was his first
time flying and he was traveling by himself to
see his aunt in San Francisco. "I wouldn't put
him on a flight where he had to make a
connection," Laura said. "I feel more
comfortable putting him on a direct flight."
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Tom Slavonia, 11, and his sister Mary Slavonia,
9, dance and wave goodbye to their
grandparents Bob and Mary Slavonia as they're
the first people to board United Airlines'
inaugural non-stop flight from RDU to San
Francisco on Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
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Denver but flew to San Francisco the night
before in order to catch the inaugural flight from
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BY BRUCE SICELOFF,
As they boarded the inaugural flight of a United
Airlines nonstop jet from Raleigh-Durham
International Airport to San Francisco on
Wednesday morning, Triangle travelers
thought about the airports they would avoid –
for a change – on their trip to the West Coast.
“This is great,” said Joe Freddoso, president of
MCNC, a Triangle-based technology nonprofit.
“I love Dallas-Fort Worth, but I like overflying it,
too.”
Thirteen-year-old Jacob Trubey of Cary was
about to fly on his own, for the first time.
“His aunt’s been after him since fourth grade to
come out there to San Francisco,” said his
mother, Laura. But she had never been
comfortable with the idea of Jacob changing
planes in some big airport between here and
there.
“The fact that I can bring him here and she can
pick him up there makes it a lot easier,” Trubey
said.
RDU has struggled for years to establish a
nonstop link to the West Coast.
United expressed interest in a San Francisco
flight in 2000. Midway Airlines tried nonstops to
Los Angeles and San Jose between 1997 and
2001.Delta flies to Los Angeles three evenings
a week during the warmer months, with a
service that has switched on and off several
times since 2008.
The new United flight gets business travelers
to the San Francisco Bay area before lunchtime.
“It’s a substantial difference, because time is
critical,” said Peter Bourne, president of
Durham-based Spring Metrics, a startup
software firm with 10 employees. “The ability to
get out there and still get in a full day of
business, opposed to spending the entire day
in the Chicago airport or Dulles, is super.”
Bourne said he’ll be meeting with investors and
prospective partners in the Bay area.
Gov. Bev Perdue led an economic development
delegation to San Francisco, and she will host
business executives and investors at a
reception Thursday night. Before she boarded
the flight Wednesday morning, she recalled a
West Coast meeting 18 months ago, where
venture capital fund managers complained that
traveling to RDU was too much trouble.
“They said, ‘You know, we’ve got a better way
to spend our week,’” Perdue said. “‘And unless
you all can adapt to our culture, unless you can
figure out a way to get us from here to there in
a day, then we’re not going to be as interested
in North Carolina.’”
Cisco Systems, which has 5,000 workers in
Research Triangle Park, is the biggest Triangle
employer with a home base in the Bay area.
Glenn Schleicher, a senior technical services
director for Cisco, makes the California trip six
or seven times a year.
He’ll be making a presentation at a panel
discussion Thursday morning at corporate
headquarters in San Jose.
“I’ve been at Cisco coming up on 20 years, and
it’s always been a pain to get to San Jose via a
connection,” Schleicher said, holding his
boarding pass and carry-on bag. “This cuts the
trip from a multihop ordeal to a direct flight.”
Also on board Wednesday was a Colorado man
who is something of a semi-professional air
traveler.
Daniel Palen publishes travel tips in the
“Friendly Skies” blog at upgrd.com, and he says
he logs 250,000 air miles a year. He flew from
his Denver home to San Francisco on Tuesday
to catch United’s first nonstop to RDU Tuesday
afternoon.
“They had a little gate party and some cake,”
Palen said. “And a poster we had everyone
sign.”
He flew into RDU Tuesday evening, slept a few
hours at an airport hotel, and was back in
Terminal 2 at 6 a.m. Wednesday for the return
trip.
“Just to earn the miles,” Palen said. United
travelers get credit for 2,400 miles each way.
“It was the inaugural flight. The fares were
decent. And I thought: Why not? It’s a pretty
good flight, pretty convenient,” Palen said.
United uses a Boeing 737-800, which seats
152 passengers, for its San Francisco flight.
Mark Arrington, United Airlines sales manager,
said at least 10 flights over the next two
weeks are already sold out.
Airport researchers say about 800 travelers fly
between RDU and the Bay area each day.
“So I’m confident we can keep this thing full,”
said Terry Yeargan, the RDU Airport Authority
chairman. Siceloff: 919-829-4527 or
blogs.newsobserver.com/crosstown or
twitter.com/Road_Worrier/
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Trubey to board United Airlines' inaugural non-
stop flight from RDU to San Francisco on
Wednesday, August 15, 2012. It was his first
time flying and he was traveling by himself to
see his aunt in San Francisco. "I wouldn't put
him on a flight where he had to make a
connection," Laura said. "I feel more
comfortable putting him on a direct flight."
Buy Photo
Tom Slavonia, 11, and his sister Mary Slavonia,
9, dance and wave goodbye to their
grandparents Bob and Mary Slavonia as they're
the first people to board United Airlines'
inaugural non-stop flight from RDU to San
Francisco on Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
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Passengers wait for takeoff of United Airlines'
inaugural non-stop flight from RDU to San
Francisco on Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
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United Airlines' inaugural non-stop flight from
RDU to San Francisco gets a celebratory water
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August 15, 2012.
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United Airlines' inaugural non-stop flight from
RDU to San Francisco taxis for takeoff on
Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
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signed by the captain and flight crew for the
inaugural flight of United Airlines non-stop
service to San Francisco from RDU on
Wednesday, August 15, 2012. An aviation buff
who flies for work and fun, Palen, 21, lives in
Denver but flew to San Francisco the night
before in order to catch the inaugural flight from
there to Raleigh.
Buy Photo
The departure board advertises the inaugural
flight of United Airlines non-stop service to San
Francisco from RDU on Wednesday, August 15,
2012.
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BY BRUCE SICELOFF,
As they boarded the inaugural flight of a United
Airlines nonstop jet from Raleigh-Durham
International Airport to San Francisco on
Wednesday morning, Triangle travelers
thought about the airports they would avoid –
for a change – on their trip to the West Coast.
“This is great,” said Joe Freddoso, president of
MCNC, a Triangle-based technology nonprofit.
“I love Dallas-Fort Worth, but I like overflying it,
too.”
Thirteen-year-old Jacob Trubey of Cary was
about to fly on his own, for the first time.
“His aunt’s been after him since fourth grade to
come out there to San Francisco,” said his
mother, Laura. But she had never been
comfortable with the idea of Jacob changing
planes in some big airport between here and
there.
“The fact that I can bring him here and she can
pick him up there makes it a lot easier,” Trubey
said.
RDU has struggled for years to establish a
nonstop link to the West Coast.
United expressed interest in a San Francisco
flight in 2000. Midway Airlines tried nonstops to
Los Angeles and San Jose between 1997 and
2001.Delta flies to Los Angeles three evenings
a week during the warmer months, with a
service that has switched on and off several
times since 2008.
The new United flight gets business travelers
to the San Francisco Bay area before lunchtime.
“It’s a substantial difference, because time is
critical,” said Peter Bourne, president of
Durham-based Spring Metrics, a startup
software firm with 10 employees. “The ability to
get out there and still get in a full day of
business, opposed to spending the entire day
in the Chicago airport or Dulles, is super.”
Bourne said he’ll be meeting with investors and
prospective partners in the Bay area.
Gov. Bev Perdue led an economic development
delegation to San Francisco, and she will host
business executives and investors at a
reception Thursday night. Before she boarded
the flight Wednesday morning, she recalled a
West Coast meeting 18 months ago, where
venture capital fund managers complained that
traveling to RDU was too much trouble.
“They said, ‘You know, we’ve got a better way
to spend our week,’” Perdue said. “‘And unless
you all can adapt to our culture, unless you can
figure out a way to get us from here to there in
a day, then we’re not going to be as interested
in North Carolina.’”
Cisco Systems, which has 5,000 workers in
Research Triangle Park, is the biggest Triangle
employer with a home base in the Bay area.
Glenn Schleicher, a senior technical services
director for Cisco, makes the California trip six
or seven times a year.
He’ll be making a presentation at a panel
discussion Thursday morning at corporate
headquarters in San Jose.
“I’ve been at Cisco coming up on 20 years, and
it’s always been a pain to get to San Jose via a
connection,” Schleicher said, holding his
boarding pass and carry-on bag. “This cuts the
trip from a multihop ordeal to a direct flight.”
Also on board Wednesday was a Colorado man
who is something of a semi-professional air
traveler.
Daniel Palen publishes travel tips in the
“Friendly Skies” blog at upgrd.com, and he says
he logs 250,000 air miles a year. He flew from
his Denver home to San Francisco on Tuesday
to catch United’s first nonstop to RDU Tuesday
afternoon.
“They had a little gate party and some cake,”
Palen said. “And a poster we had everyone
sign.”
He flew into RDU Tuesday evening, slept a few
hours at an airport hotel, and was back in
Terminal 2 at 6 a.m. Wednesday for the return
trip.
“Just to earn the miles,” Palen said. United
travelers get credit for 2,400 miles each way.
“It was the inaugural flight. The fares were
decent. And I thought: Why not? It’s a pretty
good flight, pretty convenient,” Palen said.
United uses a Boeing 737-800, which seats
152 passengers, for its San Francisco flight.
Mark Arrington, United Airlines sales manager,
said at least 10 flights over the next two
weeks are already sold out.
Airport researchers say about 800 travelers fly
between RDU and the Bay area each day.
“So I’m confident we can keep this thing full,”
said Terry Yeargan, the RDU Airport Authority
chairman.
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Bonnie Wisler announces the boarding directions
for the inaugural flight of United Airlines non-
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
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Jacob Trubey, 13, waits with his mom Laura
Trubey to board United Airlines' inaugural non-
stop flight from RDU to San Francisco on
Wednesday, August 15, 2012. It was his first
time flying and he was traveling by himself to
see his aunt in San Francisco. "I wouldn't put
him on a flight where he had to make a
connection," Laura said. "I feel more
comfortable putting him on a direct flight."
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Tom Slavonia, 11, and his sister Mary Slavonia,
9, dance and wave goodbye to their
grandparents Bob and Mary Slavonia as they're
the first people to board United Airlines'
inaugural non-stop flight from RDU to San
Francisco on Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
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inaugural non-stop flight from RDU to San
Francisco on Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
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August 15, 2012.
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who flies for work and fun, Palen, 21, lives in
Denver but flew to San Francisco the night
before in order to catch the inaugural flight from
there to Raleigh.
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Francisco from RDU on Wednesday, August 15,
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Triangle travelers fill first nonstop flight to San Francisco
BY BRUCE SICELOFF, [email protected]
As they boarded the inaugural flight of a United
Airlines nonstop jet from Raleigh-Durham
International Airport to San Francisco on
Wednesday morning, Triangle travelers
thought about the airports they would avoid –
for a change – on their trip to the West Coast.
“This is great,” said Joe Freddoso, president of
MCNC, a Triangle-based technology nonprofit.
“I love Dallas-Fort Worth, but I like overflying it,
too.”
Thirteen-year-old Jacob Trubey of Cary was
about to fly on his own, for the first time.
“His aunt’s been after him since fourth grade to
come out there to San Francisco,” said his
mother, Laura. But she had never been
comfortable with the idea of Jacob changing
planes in some big airport between here and
there.
“The fact that I can bring him here and she can
pick him up there makes it a lot easier,” Trubey
said.
RDU has struggled for years to establish a
nonstop link to the West Coast.
United expressed interest in a San Francisco
flight in 2000. Midway Airlines tried nonstops to
Los Angeles and San Jose between 1997 and
2001.Delta flies to Los Angeles three evenings
a week during the warmer months, with a
service that has switched on and off several
times since 2008.
The new United flight gets business travelers
to the San Francisco Bay area before lunchtime.
“It’s a substantial difference, because time is
critical,” said Peter Bourne, president of
Durham-based Spring Metrics, a startup
software firm with 10 employees. “The ability to
get out there and still get in a full day of
business, opposed to spending the entire day
in the Chicago airport or Dulles, is super.”
Bourne said he’ll be meeting with investors and
prospective partners in the Bay area.
Gov. Bev Perdue led an economic development
delegation to San Francisco, and she will host
business executives and investors at a
reception Thursday night. Before she boarded
the flight Wednesday morning, she recalled a
West Coast meeting 18 months ago, where
venture capital fund managers complained that
traveling to RDU was too much trouble.
“They said, ‘You know, we’ve got a better way
to spend our week,’” Perdue said. “‘And unless
you all can adapt to our culture, unless you can
figure out a way to get us from here to there in
a day, then we’re not going to be as interested
in North Carolina.’”
Cisco Systems, which has 5,000 workers in
Research Triangle Park, is the biggest Triangle
employer with a home base in the Bay area.
Glenn Schleicher, a senior technical services
director for Cisco, makes the California trip six
or seven times a year.
He’ll be making a presentation at a panel
discussion Thursday morning at corporate
headquarters in San Jose.
“I’ve been at Cisco coming up on 20 years, and
it’s always been a pain to get to San Jose via a
connection,” Schleicher said, holding his
boarding pass and carry-on bag. “This cuts the
trip from a multihop ordeal to a direct flight.”
Also on board Wednesday was a Colorado man
who is something of a semi-professional air
traveler.
Daniel Palen publishes travel tips in the
“Friendly Skies” blog at upgrd.com, and he says
he logs 250,000 air miles a year. He flew from
his Denver home to San Francisco on Tuesday
to catch United’s first nonstop to RDU Tuesday
afternoon.
“They had a little gate party and some cake,”
Palen said. “And a poster we had everyone
sign.”
He flew into RDU Tuesday evening, slept a few
hours at an airport hotel, and was back in
Terminal 2 at 6 a.m. Wednesday for the return
trip.
“Just to earn the miles,” Palen said. United
travelers get credit for 2,400 miles each way.
“It was the inaugural flight. The fares were
decent. And I thought: Why not? It’s a pretty
good flight, pretty convenient,” Palen said.
United uses a Boeing 737-800, which seats
152 passengers, for its San Francisco flight.
Mark Arrington, United Airlines sales manager,
said at least 10 flights over the next two
weeks are already sold out.
Airport researchers say about 800 travelers fly
between RDU and the Bay area each day.
“So I’m confident we can keep this thing full,”
said Terry Yeargan, the RDU Airport Authority
chairman.
Siceloff: 919-829-4527 or
blogs.newsobserver.com/crosstown or
twitter.com/Road_Worrier/
Bonnie Wisler announces the boarding directions
for the inaugural flight of United Airlines non-
stop service to San Francisco from RDU on
Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
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Jacob Trubey, 13, waits with his mom Laura
Trubey to board United Airlines' inaugural non-
stop flight from RDU to San Francisco on
Wednesday, August 15, 2012. It was his first
time flying and he was traveling by himself to
see his aunt in San Francisco. "I wouldn't put
him on a flight where he had to make a
connection," Laura said. "I feel more
comfortable putting him on a direct flight."
Buy Photo
Tom Slavonia, 11, and his sister Mary Slavonia,
9, dance and wave goodbye to their
grandparents Bob and Mary Slavonia as they're
the first people to board United Airlines'
inaugural non-stop flight from RDU to San
Francisco on Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
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Passengers wait for takeoff of United Airlines'
inaugural non-stop flight from RDU to San
Francisco on Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
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August 15, 2012.
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service to San Francisco from RDU on
Wednesday, August 15, 2012. An aviation buff
who flies for work and fun, Palen, 21, lives in
Denver but flew to San Francisco the night
before in order to catch the inaugural flight from
there to Raleigh.
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The departure board advertises the inaugural
flight of United Airlines non-stop service to San
Francisco from RDU on Wednesday, August 15,
2012.
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SFO 1:08 p.m. PDT, arrives RDU 9:18 p.m. Travel
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Triangle travelers fill first nonstop flight to San Francisco
BY BRUCE SICELOFF,
As they boarded the inaugural flight of a United
Airlines nonstop jet from Raleigh-Durham
International Airport to San Francisco on
Wednesday morning, Triangle travelers
thought about the airports they would avoid –
for a change – on their trip to the West Coast.
“This is great,” said Joe Freddoso, president of
MCNC, a Triangle-based technology nonprofit.
“I love Dallas-Fort Worth, but I like overflying it,
too.”
Thirteen-year-old Jacob Trubey of Cary was
about to fly on his own, for the first time.
“His aunt’s been after him since fourth grade to
come out there to San Francisco,” said his
mother, Laura. But she had never been
comfortable with the idea of Jacob changing
planes in some big airport between here and
there.
“The fact that I can bring him here and she can
pick him up there makes it a lot easier,” Trubey
said.
RDU has struggled for years to establish a
nonstop link to the West Coast.
United expressed interest in a San Francisco
flight in 2000. Midway Airlines tried nonstops to
Los Angeles and San Jose between 1997 and
2001.Delta flies to Los Angeles three evenings
a week during the warmer months, with a
service that has switched on and off several
times since 2008.
The new United flight gets business travelers
to the San Francisco Bay area before lunchtime.
“It’s a substantial difference, because time is
critical,” said Peter Bourne, president of
Durham-based Spring Metrics, a startup
software firm with 10 employees. “The ability to
get out there and still get in a full day of
business, opposed to spending the entire day
in the Chicago airport or Dulles, is super.”
Bourne said he’ll be meeting with investors and
prospective partners in the Bay area.
Gov. Bev Perdue led an economic development
delegation to San Francisco, and she will host
business executives and investors at a
reception Thursday night. Before she boarded
the flight Wednesday morning, she recalled a
West Coast meeting 18 months ago, where
venture capital fund managers complained that
traveling to RDU was too much trouble.
“They said, ‘You know, we’ve got a better way
to spend our week,’” Perdue said. “‘And unless
you all can adapt to our culture, unless you can
figure out a way to get us from here to there in
a day, then we’re not going to be as interested
in North Carolina.’”
Cisco Systems, which has 5,000 workers in
Research Triangle Park, is the biggest Triangle
employer with a home base in the Bay area.
Glenn Schleicher, a senior technical services
director for Cisco, makes the California trip six
or seven times a year.
He’ll be making a presentation at a panel
discussion Thursday morning at corporate
headquarters in San Jose.
“I’ve been at Cisco coming up on 20 years, and
it’s always been a pain to get to San Jose via a
connection,” Schleicher said, holding his
boarding pass and carry-on bag. “This cuts the
trip from a multihop ordeal to a direct flight.”
Also on board Wednesday was a Colorado man
who is something of a semi-professional air
traveler.
Daniel Palen publishes travel tips in the
“Friendly Skies” blog at upgrd.com, and he says
he logs 250,000 air miles a year. He flew from
his Denver home to San Francisco on Tuesday
to catch United’s first nonstop to RDU Tuesday
afternoon.
“They had a little gate party and some cake,”
Palen said. “And a poster we had everyone
sign.”
He flew into RDU Tuesday evening, slept a few
hours at an airport hotel, and was back in
Terminal 2 at 6 a.m. Wednesday for the return
trip.
“Just to earn the miles,” Palen said. United
travelers get credit for 2,400 miles each way.
“It was the inaugural flight. The fares were
decent. And I thought: Why not? It’s a pretty
good flight, pretty convenient,” Palen said.
United uses a Boeing 737-800, which seats
152 passengers, for its San Francisco flight.
Mark Arrington, United Airlines sales manager,
said at least 10 flights over the next two
weeks are already sold out.
Airport researchers say about 800 travelers fly
between RDU and the Bay area each day.
“So I’m confident we can keep this thing full,”
said Terry Yeargan, the RDU Airport Authority
chairman.
Siceloff: 919-829-4527 or
blogs.newsobserver.com/crosstown or
twitter.com/Road_Worrier/
Bonnie Wisler announces the boarding directions
for the inaugural flight of United Airlines non-
stop service to San Francisco from RDU on
Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
Buy Photo
Jacob Trubey, 13, waits with his mom Laura
Trubey to board United Airlines' inaugural non-
stop flight from RDU to San Francisco on
Wednesday, August 15, 2012. It was his first
time flying and he was traveling by himself to
see his aunt in San Francisco. "I wouldn't put
him on a flight where he had to make a
connection," Laura said. "I feel more
comfortable putting him on a direct flight."
Buy Photo
Tom Slavonia, 11, and his sister Mary Slavonia,
9, dance and wave goodbye to their
grandparents Bob and Mary Slavonia as they're
the first people to board United Airlines'
inaugural non-stop flight from RDU to San
Francisco on Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
Buy Photo
Passengers wait for takeoff of United Airlines'
inaugural non-stop flight from RDU to San
Francisco on Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
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United Airlines' inaugural non-stop flight from
RDU to San Francisco gets a celebratory water
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August 15, 2012.
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United Airlines' inaugural non-stop flight from
RDU to San Francisco taxis for takeoff on
Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
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Daniel Palen brought a poster along along to be
signed by the captain and flight crew for the
inaugural flight of United Airlines non-stop
service to San Francisco from RDU on
Wednesday, August 15, 2012. An aviation buff
who flies for work and fun, Palen, 21, lives in
Denver but flew to San Francisco the night
before in order to catch the inaugural flight from
there to Raleigh.
Buy Photo
The departure board advertises the inaugural
flight of United Airlines non-stop service to San
Francisco from RDU on Wednesday, August 15,
2012.
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the company's inaugural non-stop service to San
Francisco from RDU on Wednesday, Aug. 15,
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SFO 1:08 p.m. PDT, arrives RDU 9:18 p.m. Travel
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Triangle travelers fill first nonstop flight to San Francisco
BY BRUCE SICELOFF,
As they boarded the inaugural flight of a United
Airlines nonstop jet from Raleigh-Durham
International Airport to San Francisco on
Wednesday morning, Triangle travelers
thought about the airports they would avoid –
for a change – on their trip to the West Coast.
“This is great,” said Joe Freddoso, president of
MCNC, a Triangle-based technology nonprofit.
“I love Dallas-Fort Worth, but I like overflying it,
too.”
Thirteen-year-old Jacob Trubey of Cary was
about to fly on his own, for the first time.
“His aunt’s been after him since fourth grade to
come out there to San Francisco,” said his
mother, Laura. But she had never been
comfortable with the idea of Jacob changing
planes in some big airport between here and
there.
“The fact that I can bring him here and she can
pick him up there makes it a lot easier,” Trubey
said.
RDU has struggled for years to establish a
nonstop link to the West Coast.
United expressed interest in a San Francisco
flight in 2000. Midway Airlines tried nonstops to
Los Angeles and San Jose between 1997 and
2001.Delta flies to Los Angeles three evenings
a week during the warmer months, with a
service that has switched on and off several
times since 2008.
The new United flight gets business travelers
to the San Francisco Bay area before lunchtime.
“It’s a substantial difference, because time is
critical,” said Peter Bourne, president of
Durham-based Spring Metrics, a startup
software firm with 10 employees. “The ability to
get out there and still get in a full day of
business, opposed to spending the entire day
in the Chicago airport or Dulles, is super.”
Bourne said he’ll be meeting with investors and
prospective partners in the Bay area.
Gov. Bev Perdue led an economic development
delegation to San Francisco, and she will host
business executives and investors at a
reception Thursday night. Before she boarded
the flight Wednesday morning, she recalled a
West Coast meeting 18 months ago, where
venture capital fund managers complained that
traveling to RDU was too much trouble.
“They said, ‘You know, we’ve got a better way
to spend our week,’” Perdue said. “‘And unless
you all can adapt to our culture, unless you can
figure out a way to get us from here to there in
a day, then we’re not going to be as interested
in North Carolina.’”
Cisco Systems, which has 5,000 workers in
Research Triangle Park, is the biggest Triangle
employer with a home base in the Bay area.
Glenn Schleicher, a senior technical services
director for Cisco, makes the California trip six
or seven times a year.
He’ll be making a presentation at a panel
discussion Thursday morning at corporate
headquarters in San Jose.
“I’ve been at Cisco coming up on 20 years, and
it’s always been a pain to get to San Jose via a
connection,” Schleicher said, holding his
boarding pass and carry-on bag. “This cuts the
trip from a multihop ordeal to a direct flight.”
Also on board Wednesday was a Colorado man
who is something of a semi-professional air
traveler.
Daniel Palen publishes travel tips in the
“Friendly Skies” blog at upgrd.com, and he says
he logs 250,000 air miles a year. He flew from
his Denver home to San Francisco on Tuesday
to catch United’s first nonstop to RDU Tuesday
afternoon.
“They had a little gate party and some cake,”
Palen said. “And a poster we had everyone
sign.”
He flew into RDU Tuesday evening, slept a few
hours at an airport hotel, and was back in
Terminal 2 at 6 a.m. Wednesday for the return
trip.
“Just to earn the miles,” Palen said. United
travelers get credit for 2,400 miles each way.
“It was the inaugural flight. The fares were
decent. And I thought: Why not? It’s a pretty
good flight, pretty convenient,” Palen said.
United uses a Boeing 737-800, which seats
152 passengers, for its San Francisco flight.
Mark Arrington, United Airlines sales manager,
said at least 10 flights over the next two
weeks are already sold out.
Airport researchers say about 800 travelers fly
between RDU and the Bay area each day.
“So I’m confident we can keep this thing full,”
said Terry Yeargan, the RDU Airport Authority
chairman.
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Bonnie Wisler announces the boarding directions
for the inaugural flight of United Airlines non-
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
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Jacob Trubey, 13, waits with his mom Laura
Trubey to board United Airlines' inaugural non-
stop flight from RDU to San Francisco on
Wednesday, August 15, 2012. It was his first
time flying and he was traveling by himself to
see his aunt in San Francisco. "I wouldn't put
him on a flight where he had to make a
connection," Laura said. "I feel more
comfortable putting him on a direct flight."
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Tom Slavonia, 11, and his sister Mary Slavonia,
9, dance and wave goodbye to their
grandparents Bob and Mary Slavonia as they're
the first people to board United Airlines'
inaugural non-stop flight from RDU to San
Francisco on Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
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Passengers wait for takeoff of United Airlines'
inaugural non-stop flight from RDU to San
Francisco on Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
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United Airlines' inaugural non-stop flight from
RDU to San Francisco gets a celebratory water
salute as it taxis for takeoff on Wednesday,
August 15, 2012.
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United Airlines' inaugural non-stop flight from
RDU to San Francisco taxis for takeoff on
Wednesday, August 15, 2012.
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Daniel Palen brought a poster along along to be
signed by the captain and flight crew for the
inaugural flight of United Airlines non-stop
service to San Francisco from RDU on
Wednesday, August 15, 2012. An aviation buff
who flies for work and fun, Palen, 21, lives in
Denver but flew to San Francisco the night
before in order to catch the inaugural flight from
there to Raleigh.
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The departure board advertises the inaugural
flight of United Airlines non-stop service to San
Francisco from RDU on Wednesday, August 15,
2012.
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A United Airlines plane gets ready for takeoff for
the company's inaugural non-stop service to San
Francisco from RDU on Wednesday, Aug. 15,
2012.
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Raleigh-Durham to San Francisco United Airlines
daily nonstop service. Departure: UA138 leaves
RDU 6:57 a.m., arrives SFO 9:43 a.m. PDT. Travel
time: 5 hours 46 minutes. Arrival: UA140 leaves
SFO 1:08 p.m. PDT, arrives RDU 9:18 p.m. Travel
time: 5 hours 10 minutes. Plane: Boeing 737-800,
seats 152 passengers. Price: Lowest round-trip fare
posted at united.com: $396.
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