PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh International Airport has delivered another major piece to its strategy of increasing air cargo operations with a lease deal for Amazon Air to begin service to the region.
The airport said that the first Amazon Air cargo flight, a Boeing 737-800 Freighter, arrived at Pittsburgh International Airport on Wednesday night. Amazon Air, the air cargo service of Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN), has 50,000 square feet that will include space for package sorting through Trego-Duncan Aviation. The airport said the center will eventually have 50 jobs.
The flight will run once a week.
“This announcement is a major milestone in positioning PIT as an international logistics center,” said Allegheny County Airport Authority CEO Christina Cassotis.
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