In her 10 years at the helm [of the Allegheny County Airport Authority] this January, Cassotis has increased the number of nonstop destinations from 36 to 61; attracted new airlines; brought back nonstop international routes, including British Airways, which now flies to London Heathrow; and increased annual passenger traffic from about 8 million a decade ago to around 10 million in 2024, a 25% jump.
And she has innovated. Pittsburgh International became the first major airport in the world to run on its own natural gas and solar energy microgrid. Even in the midst of the pandemic, she forged ahead with a new $1.57 billion landside terminal, funded without any taxpayer money and scheduled to open later in 2025. The ultimate outsider, she shook things up. For that and more, she is Pittsburgh Magazine’s Pittsburgher of the Year for 2024.
Read more at Pittsburgh Magazine.
Originally published: January 28, 2025
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