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All NewsLeanne Higginbottom2024-06-17T18:22:22+00:00
  • Photos of the Week: German Queen

    More than 60 years after debuting to the world and forever revolutionizing air travel, the Boeing 747, known as the...

  • Icelandair Takes Pittsburghers Beyond Iceland Across Europe

    When Icelandair’s service returns on April 17 with seasonal nonstop service, it won’t just re-connect Pittsburgh to Reykjavik. Building off...

  • Carnegie Mellon Graduate Adds Pittsburgh Flair to Supersonic Air Travel

    A Carnegie Mellon University graduate wants to usher in a revival of supersonic commercial air travel for the first time...

  • How PIT’s Childcare Center Boosts the Regional Workforce

    On a chilly winter morning, pre-schoolers at La Petite Academy at Pittsburgh International Airport gather around their teacher for story...

  • Photos of the Week: Let’s-a go, JetBlue!

    Mario and friends are taking flight to the Mushroom Kingdom … with JetBlue. On March 4, JetBlue unveiled its latest...

  • Study: PIT Among Most Affordable Airports for Long-Distance Flights

    Pittsburgh International Airport is ranked as one of most affordable U.S. airports for long-distance flights, according to a data analysis...

  • Celebrating the 2025 Pittsburgher of the Year and a Decade of Allegiant Partnership

    Pittsburgh International Airport CEO Christina Cassotis may be a native New Englander, but her can-do spirit, motivational drive and innovative...

  • Everything You Need to Know to Get Your Real ID Before the May 7 Deadline

    If you plan to fly after May 7, your state-issued driver’s license or ID will no longer be an acceptable...

  • Workforce Development Shows Off Its Creative Side at PIT

    Metal sculptures on display at Pittsburgh International Airport are an imaginative fusion of art and workforce development. Eight teenage participants...

  • Galloping to Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby? Fly Nonstop

    Hold onto your hats – and boarding passes – because you will be able to fly nonstop to this year’s...

  • How Pittsburgh International Airport Contributes to the Region’s Economy

    Pittsburgh International Airport is dedicated to connecting Pittsburgh to the world through 62 nonstop destinations from the West Coast to...

  • Photos of the Week: Beachside Views

    Relaxing in the sand next to clear blue water is a dream for most Pittsburghers enduring a cold, snowy winter....

  • Willa Brown Broke Both Race and Gender Barriers

    Editor’s Note: This is part of a series honoring aviation pioneers during Black History Month. Willa Brown was the first...

  • Closing the Gap Between Terminals at PIT Will Save Time and Money

    When the new Pittsburgh International Airport opens this year, the pedestrian tunnel connecting the new landside terminal directly to the...

  • Allegiant Grows as It Marks 10 Years of Serving Pittsburgh

    On the morning of Feb. 7, Allegiant Air and Pittsburgh International Airport celebrated the airline’s inaugural flight to Phoenix with...

  • Photo of the Week: A Happy JetBlue Birthday

    JetBlue has added another unique livery to its lineup of specialty aircraft. The airline recently debuted “BlueUnity,” an Airbus A321...

  • Meet the First Black Man to Open an Aeronautical School in the U.S.

    Editor’s Note: This is part of a series honoring aviation pioneers during Black History Month. Cornelius Robinson Coffey broke many...

  • How Universal Access Is Transforming the Passenger Experience at PIT

    Pittsburgh is known for being a welcoming community, which explains why being at the forefront of the universal access movement...

  • Photos of the Week: Deicing Sunrises and Sunsets

    Winter, despite landing at the bottom of many people’s favorite seasons list, never fails to provide sun-streaked skies at dawn...

  • Steelers Headed to Ireland this Year

    Steelers fans already investigating available flights to Ireland for later this year have at least two convenient options already in...

  • Pittsburgh’s Charles Wesley Peters Flew into History

    Editor’s Note: This is part of a series honoring aviation pioneers during Black History Month. Pittsburgh’s own Charles Wesley Peters...

  • How Pittsburgh Rallied to Get a Stuffed Bunny Back Home

    On Tuesday, Feb. 4, a volunteer at Pittsburgh International Airport found a stuffed bunny that had been accidentally left behind...

  • Breeze Adds New Service to Greenville-Spartanburg

    Pittsburgh is getting nonstop flights to upstate South Carolina for the first time in over 20 years. Breeze Airways announced...

  • Photos of the Week: See the New PIT Through the Eyes of Influencers

    On Friday, Jan. 31, Pittsburgh International Airport hosted a "New Year, New Airport" influencer tour of the new terminal, which...

  • Breeze Soars to its First Profitable Quarter

    For the first time since taking to the skies in 2021, Breeze Airways recorded a profitable quarter, a significant step...

  • Local Authors Take Pittsburgh Through 100 Years of Aviation History

    Pittsburgh International Airport is on the cusp of aviation history. The new PIT is now 80 percent complete and set...

  • Before the Tuskegee Airmen, There Was Eugene “Jacques” Bullard

    Editor’s note: This is the first of a series honoring aviation pioneers during Black History Month. Eugene “Jacques” Bullard (1895-1961),...

  • Christina Cassotis Named Pittsburgher of the Year

    Christina Cassotis has been chosen as Pittsburgher of the Year by Pittsburgh Magazine for spearheading a revolution in air travel...

  • PIT’s New Airport to Address the Changing Needs of Pittsburghers

    When the new Pittsburgh International Airport opens this year, it will signify in a tangible way the transformation to an...

  • New Pittsburgh Airport is the Culmination of a Decade-Long Shift in Thinking

    This year will mark the completion of the new Pittsburgh International Airport, which will be a model for the industry...

  • Here Is the Only Right Way to Travel with a Firearm

    The Transportation Security Administration intercepted 42 guns at Pittsburgh International Airport in 2024, a slight drop from 2023, when TSA...

  • Photo of the Week: World’s Fastest Fighter Jet

    On May 1, 1965, a Lockheed YF-12 set a world speed record of 2,070 mph at an altitude of over...

  • Pittsburgh Air Travel Has Best Year in Nearly Two Decades

    Holiday traffic pushed Pittsburgh International Airport to its highest yearly passenger total in almost two decades as December traffic rose...

  • 6 Favorite Movies About Aviation in Time for the Sundance Film Festival

    There are many genres of film, but none more relevant to this publication than the aviation genre. Research conducted by...

  • New PIT Terminal 80 Percent Complete and Set for 2025 Opening

    On Jan. 16, Pittsburgh International Airport hosted eight regional media outlets for a tour of the new terminal, which is...

  • To the Big Apple: JetBlue Returns to Pittsburgh-New York Market

    JetBlue is bringing back nonstop service New York City, a market it last served from Pittsburgh nearly 12 years ago....

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