Policy Brief Vol. 26, No. 24, noted that passenger counts at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) through May were struggling to match the same period in 2025. This pattern reflects several years of lackluster growth. This Policy Brief will compare PIT’s annual passenger growth from 2019 to 2025 with growth at several airports around the country. This allows comparison from pre-COVID to the present and measures the extent of rebound from that period’s downturn in travel.
Summary: On July 12, the governor signed the commonwealth’s fiscal year (FY) 2026-27 budget into law. The budget includes increased K-12 public education funding but sidesteps the policy debate over “school choice” tax credits.
A researcher at a Pittsburgh think tank is questioning the Allegheny County Airport Authority’s oft-repeated claim that the now up and running new $1.7 billion midfield terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) will save the authority tens of millions of dollars a year.
Allegheny County’s comprehensive financial report for 2025, as prepared by the county controller, is a sobering document that should provide local policy makers with plenty to think about, says a researcher at the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy.
