Cargo keeps taking off at Pittsburgh International Airport, with nearly 250 million pounds in 2021

PITTSBURGH — Airfreight cargo shipments into Pittsburgh International Airport continue to climb amid the pandemic as nearly 250 million pounds of goods touched down at PIT in 2021.

That’s a figure that the airport hasn’t seen since 2004 and it marks a 30% increase in freight volume over 2020 and a 26% increase over 2019, according to airport data posted in PIT’s Blue Sky News publication.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times.

Almost every airline at Pittsburgh International Airport affected by changes, cancellations