RDU resumes nonstop flights to Puerto Rico, other destinations, as air traffic ticks up

After months on hiatus, a jet took off at Raleigh-Durham International Airport Thursday, bound for San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Frontier Airlines flight was one of a handful of nonstop services to return this week after being suspended by Frontier Airlines due to the pandemic. Nonstop flights to St. Louis (Southwest), Trenton (Frontier) and Tampa (Southwest) also returned to RDU over the past week. “Flights coming back are a good sign,” said Michael Walden, professor and economist at North…