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Passenger traffic surges 7 percent at Pittsburgh International in November as passengers take advantage of more nonstop options

Boosted by increases on nearly every carrier, passenger traffic at Pittsburgh International Airport surged 7 percent in November as compared to November 2014.  November 2015 saw the fastest monthly growth since February 2011, and was also the busiest November since 2010.

Carriers including Allegiant, Delta, JetBlue, Southwest, Air Canada, Sun Air Express and Porter saw increases of more than 8 percent due to new flights, additional seats and the improving market.

“We’re excited by the progress we have made at the airport with our air service offerings, including our first ultra-low cost carrier, Allegiant, as well as our facilities. We’ll be working to build on that progress in 2016,” Allegheny County Airport Authority CEO Christina Cassotis said. “This kind of growth in traffic and new flights over last year across nearly all carriers demonstrates that our market has been underserved. Allegiant’s rapid growth is evidence that our costs and fees are very competitive.” 

Allegiant, the first ultra-low cost carrier at PIT, began twice weekly service to Orlando-Sanford on Nov. 5, spurring capacity growth. Through November 2015, Allegiant has more than 13,000 passengers to five new destinations (Jacksonville, St. Petersburg, Punta Gorda, Myrtle Beach and Orlando.) The carrier will add flights to New Orleans and Palm Beach in February 2016. 

Combined enplaned and deplaned traffic for November 2015 totaled 685,217 passengers, a 7 percent increase over November 2014, which had 640,620 total passengers. Year-to-date, total airport passenger traffic is up 1.7 percent.

The airport also recorded 11,512 aircraft operations (take‐offs and landings) in November 2015 compared to 11,010 in November 2014, a 4.6 percent increase. Total aircraft operations are up 5.3 percent year to date.

Pittsburgh International Airport serves 52 airports nonstop with an average of 171 weekday departures and more than 14,000 available seats on 12 carriers.