Airlines to Break Records at PIT this Summer

Several airlines are expected to offer a record number of seats at Pittsburgh International Airport this summer—a sign that carriers continue to see Pittsburgh as a strong market for air travel.

In July, at least five carriers will break a record for their monthly capacity offerings at PIT, which includes “bidirectional seats” – a combination of arriving and departing flights and the number of seats offered within them:

• Southwest Airlines will operate nearly 298,000 bidirectional seats in July, the most it has ever offered in a month at Pittsburgh since starting service in 2005. It is also the most monthly seats currently offered by any airline at PIT.
• American Airlines will offer nearly 262,000 seats for the month, the highest the airline has offered in Pittsburgh since its merger with US Airways in 2013.
• Spirit Airlines will offer more than 144,000 bidirectional seats during the month, its highest since entering the Pittsburgh market in 2017.
• Frontier Airlines will fly nearly 49,000 bidirectional seats at PIT, its most since returning to t