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All NewsLeanne Higginbottom2024-06-17T18:22:22+00:00
  • How to Keep Safe While Traveling During a Pandemic

    Airlines, airports work to maintain safe environments, but taking precautions helps

  • What It’s Like to Work at an Airport Now

    For operations staff at PIT, every day 'feels like working the midnight shift'

  • 2 Million Masks Arrive at PIT Headed for FEMA

    The 747 cargo plane is the latest FEMA flight to land at PIT from South Korea during the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Travel Agents Feel Crunch of Coronavirus Shutdown

    With no one booking trips, agents stay busy rescheduling vacations, counseling clients

  • With Low Passenger Counts, Airlines Concocting Odd Routes

    Spirit adds PIT-LBE route—about 60 miles—to maximize loads during pandemic

  • PIT First U.S. Airport to Deploy Ultraviolet Cleaning – By Robots

    Pittsburgh’s prowess in robotics, innovation to make airports cleaner – and safer

  • Airport CEO: Innovation Will Spark Strong Recovery

    Christina Cassotis discusses changes coming to travel industry, need for invention, ingenuity, imagination

  • 23 Airports Band Together to Stage Virtual Concert

    JetStream Music Festival to support musicians, entertain public

  • Airport, Nonprofit Give Away 20 Tons of Dog Food

    Allegheny County Airport and PAART partner to help pet owners in region

  • FEMA Cargo Flights Expand to Pittsburgh

    Airport provides quick turnaround for planes carrying masks to fight coronavirus

  • Designing a New Terminal for Post-Pandemic World

    Terminal modernization looks to incorporate new health recommendations as design continues

  • PIT’s Microgrid Among ‘Smartest and Most Inspiring Projects of the Year’

    Project receives ‘World Changing Idea’ award from Fast Company magazine

  • ‘It’s Just Pittsburgh Being Pittsburgh’

    PIT and food bank volunteers hand out more than 1,600 boxes of food in airport parking lots

  • PIT Parking Lots Set to Become One of Area’s Largest Food Distribution Sites

    Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank to distribute thousands of food boxes on April 22

  • Local Artists Make Masks for PIT’s Front-Line Staff

    Volunteers produce 1,800 stylish masks for community; 350 go to airport workers

  • As Air Traffic Stalls, Medical Services Keep Flying

    AGC meets essential health needs from blood tests to emergency helicopters

  • Pittsburgh Airports Receive $36 Million in Stimulus Funds

    CARES Act allocates $10 billion to U.S. airports amid COVID-19 pandemic

  • Serving the Community Any Way We Can

    Our airport can do far more for Pittsburgh than move planes

  • A ‘Thank You’ To Our Airports’ Frontline Staff

    Not everyone can work from home

  • Answering Your FAQ About Flying During A Pandemic

    Have a question about how air travel at PIT has been affected? Click here for the answer

  • These Planes Are Still Flying During the Crisis

    Airlines forced to strategize which aircraft to use amid pandemic

  • The Sound of Silence

    As traffic falls 96 percent amid the pandemic, airports look to save costs

  • Pittsburgh Researchers Go to Battle with COVID-19

    Pitt’s School of Medicine announces potential vaccine to help end pandemic

  • Diary of an Airport Customer Service Rep

    Fielding questions about COVID-19 and whether the airport is open (it is)

  • 911th Airlift Wing Assisting With COVID-19 Relief Efforts

    Pittsburgh’s Air Force Reserve station continues global mission, including pandemic response

  • Full Impact of Airline Schedule Cuts Begins in April

    Many carriers have canceled majority of flights as COVID-19 continues

  • ‘We’ll Be Here, Supporting Our Partners’

    CEO Christina Cassotis discusses the importance of partnerships during crisis

  • Business Has Slowed, But Our Response Has Accelerated

    Airport Authority CEO Christina Cassotis talks airports and COVID-19

  • Parked Planes Stack Up at U.S. Airports

    Pandemic grounds hundreds of aircraft at airports worldwide, including PIT

  • Pandemic Prompts Feds to Delay Real ID

    Yearlong postponement gives travelers more time to comply

  • Aviation Industry Gets Tens of Billions in Economic Stimulus Package

    Airlines, airports receive help to cope with cratering demand amid COVID-19 pandemic

  • Airports’ Unique Financial Structure Relies on Partnerships

    Industry slowdown hits hard on budgets that don’t rely on tax dollars

  • ‘Fraley’s Robot Repair’ Shop Delivers Message of Hope

    Popular PIT art installation provides inspiration amid coronavirus concerns

  • For U.S. Airports, Operations Must Continue

    Essential airport personnel maintain operations through COVID-19 pandemic

  • Aviation Industry Seeks Government Help as Pandemic Spreads

    Airlines ask feds for $50 billion, airports seek $10 billion as travel plummets

  • Airlines Cut Schedules Amid Efforts to Limit Coronavirus Spread

    Flights trimmed, planes grounded as industry grapples with rapidly changing situation

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