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All NewsLeanne Higginbottom2024-06-17T18:22:22+00:00
  • Thanksgiving Rush Comes as Airlines Add Seats at PIT

    As travelers take to the skies for the Thanksgiving travel season, airlines are adding capacity at Pittsburgh International Airport, almost...

  • World Aviation Festival: Interview with Christina Cassotis

    Video courtesy of World Aviation Festival

  • Second PIT2Work Class Graduates with Sights Set on New Careers

    Lisa Gilmore started PIT2Work as a second chance to entering the trades. Five weeks later, she is on her way...

  • PIT CEO: It’s Time to Have Pittsburgh’s Airport Designed for Us

    Editor’s note: This story was originally published in the Pittsburgh Business Times. Almost every time I speak publicly in the...

  • Photo of the Week: Trolls on the Runway

    Trolls are arriving at Pittsburgh International Airport. No, not the fairy-tale monsters. These trolls are cute, colorful and displayed on...

  • BA Posts Record Passenger Numbers in Pittsburgh

    When British Airways expanded its Pittsburgh service last spring from four flights a week to six—less than a year after...

  • CNX Academy Returns to PIT as Students Explore Careers

    With about 6,000 employees, from engineers to pilots to carpenters to police officers, spread across the Pittsburgh International Airport campus,...

  • Pepsi Joins Airport Campus with New Facility

    Pittsburgh International Airport is amassing quite a collection of Fortune 500 partners. On Thursday, PepsiCo Beverages North America (PBNA) officially...

  • PIT Named Among World’s Best in Environmental Sustainability

    Pittsburgh International Airport’s environmental sustainability efforts continue to gather recognition on the world stage. Last week, the Centre for Aviation...

  • Built for Pittsburgh by Pittsburgh: Chad Edwards

    Pittsburghers know how to build—it’s part of who we are. Iron workers have their fingerprints all over the region, including...

  • Photos of the Week: Fly the Flag

    PIT’s newest carrier is bringing some of its Icelandic heritage to Pittsburgh. Icelandair, which begins service to PIT next spring, is...

  • Turner Construction Donates $1,000 to PIT Childcare Center

    With more than 25 years in construction, Tara Connor has worked on a lot of projects. But she’s never seen...

  • Icelandair Lands in Pittsburgh, Nonstop Flights Begin in May

    At a press conference this morning, the Allegheny County Airport Authority welcomed the flag carrier of Iceland to Pittsburgh, joined...

  • New Terminal Built for Pittsburgh, By Pittsburgh … Robots?

    Gecko Robotics, a technology engineering company partnered with the Pittsburgh International Airport’s innovation hub, the xBridge, is applying some of...

  • Photo of the Week: Rainy Day Across the Pond

    Pittsburghers are no stranger to rainy skies, so a trip to London should make them feel right at home. That...

  • Road Trip to Root for Black and Gold?

    Pittsburgh sports fans bleed black and gold, whether at home or on the road with their beloved teams. As such,...

  • PIT’s Neighborhood 91 Turning Into, Well, a Neighborhood

    What do jewelry, rocket nozzles, and brake parts have in common? They’re all being 3D-printed at Neighborhood 91, the world’s...

  • Southwest Adds New West Coast Destination, Increases Flights

    Southwest Airlines announced Thursday that it will commence nonstop, seasonal service between Pittsburgh and San Diego next summer. Flights will...

  • Why Are Airplane Windows Round?

    If you crave views only a flight can offer, you probably opt for the window seat. But do you ever...

  • Photos of the Week: Election Season Brings Capitol Vibes

    As Americans exercise their right to vote this election season, we thought it appropriate to feature views of the nation’s...

  • What You Need to Know When Your Child Flies Solo

    Liz Sterrett regularly visits Pittsburgh International Airport to put her 9-year-old daughter on a Southwest Airlines plane alone to visit...

  • 5 Days of Training to Fight Airplane Fires

    On a recent Monday, Sophie Burke started a new job at the Erie International Airport. By that Thursday, she was...

  • Built for Pittsburgh by Pittsburgh: Brandy Weatherspoon

    Brandy Weatherspoon has vivid memories of her father, Don Williams, taking her to job sites when she was a little...

  • PIT2Work Gets New Class of Student Apprentices

    Lisa Gilmore is a self-described jack-of-all-trades. She’s a seamstress, esthetician, hair stylist and, now, a student apprentice. Over the next...

  • Inside Look: Officials Showcase Passenger Journey at New Terminal

    Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald on Monday became the first visitor to officially travel across the front bridge to what...

  • Photos of the Week: Ominous Bird of Yore

    We love seeing any aircraft flying into Pittsburgh International Airport. Really, we do. This Atlas Air 747-400 captured by Austin...

  • PIT Honored for Transforming Passenger Experience

    At a time of turmoil and change in the aviation industry, Pittsburgh International Airport is forging ahead to redefine the...

  • Japanese Firm JEOL Joins Neighborhood 91

    When Japanese manufacturer JEOL looked around the globe for the best place to station a state-of-the-art additive manufacturing system—the first...

  • Photos of the Week: Avgeek Appetite

    There’s only one place where you can experience the West Coast’s most popular burger while also watching planes take off...

  • Autonomous Truck Startup Picks Pittsburgh

    Self-driving trucks, for many, might stretch the imagination. But if Stack, a new Pittsburgh startup can make such trucks work...

  • PIT Customer Service Rep Reunites Missing Diamond with Owner

    Finding missing diamonds? Escorting guests through TSA? PIT does it all

  • Find a New Set of Wheels at Airport Auction

    More than 20 cars, trucks available at PIT’s popular annual event

  • Photo of the Week: Southeast Sights

    Boeing 767-300F touches down at RDU, A320 takes off into sunrise

  • Financial Ratings Agencies Give ACAA Straight As

    Fitch, Moody’s, KBRA keep PIT’s bond ratings steady, cite strong leadership

  • ‘I’ll Always Remember His Toughness’

    Longtime ACAA board member, prominent labor leader Richie Stanizzo dies at 79

  • Built for Pittsburgh by Pittsburgh: Bobie Sue Clawson

    Site safety manager: New terminal project is ‘a part of who you are’

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