The Pittsburgh International Airport’s new landside terminal mostly cruised through its first day of operations Tuesday. Perhaps the most notable snag was a technical issue at the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint in the early morning hours,...

Jackie Klanchar stepped off United Airlines Flight 794 from San Francisco just after 5 a.m. on Tuesday. Her red-eye flight landed at Pittsburgh International Airport about 10 minutes ahead of schedule. As she walked into the brand new terminal, many of her fellow...

When it came time to work the final day of the old landside terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport and on the first day of the new terminal, Faith Krause knew she had to do it. She had, after all, worked as an airline employee and then an airport volunteer, at...

Garrett Bauer and his girlfriend, Kate Mayster, got on the shuttle shortly after 1 a.m., unaware that they were headed for the new Pittsburgh International Airport landside terminal. It wasn’t until their driver asked for a picture to commemorate his first drive to...

Tuesday morning's predawn opening of the new terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport went off without a hitch, with the first passenger through the gate at 2:35 a.m. and the first flights arriving and departing a little more than three hours later. "It's gone...

With a roofline that emulates the rolling hills of western Pennsylvania and steel columns that look like trees, the new terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport aims to promote an updated image of the Steel City. Even more important than the way it looks, however,...