{"id":210512,"date":"2025-12-11T21:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T21:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/11\/pittsburgh-lands-newest-nonstop-european-destination-dublin-the-points-guy\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T21:00:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T21:00:44","slug":"pittsburgh-lands-newest-nonstop-european-destination-dublin-the-points-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/11\/pittsburgh-lands-newest-nonstop-european-destination-dublin-the-points-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh lands newest nonstop European destination: Dublin – The Points Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"


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An already big year for Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is ending on one more high note.<\/p>\n

The airport \u2014 fresh off the opening of its stunning new $1.7 billion terminal<\/a> \u2014 just landed a coveted new route to Europe. That came Thursday, when Irish carrier Aer Lingus said it would begin nonstop flights to its hub at Dublin Airport (DUB).<\/p>\n

Flights on Airbus A321neo LR jets will begin May 25, 2026, with connections via Dublin available to more than 30 of the carrier\u2019s other European destinations. Among those: Paris, Rome, Amsterdam, Berlin, Venice and Manchester in England.<\/p>\n

More<\/strong>: Inside Pittsburgh’s glistening new $1.7 billion terminal<\/a> | Futuristic new signage<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Dublin flights are a win for an airport that has found success in transforming itself into a vibrant regional airport over the past decade.<\/p>\n

Once among the busiest airports in the U.S. around the turn of the century, Pittsburgh\u2019s passenger traffic plummeted<\/a> as US Airways (which merged with American Airlines) dropped the hub that was built to the airline’s specifications.<\/p>\n

But the airport has enjoyed a renaissance under Christina Cassotis, who assumed PIT\u2019s CEO role in 2015.<\/p>\n

The airport focused on rebuilding flight schedules around local market demand \u2014 instead of the connecting schedules that defined its US Airways hub days. That\u2019s included an effort to bring back some of the high-profile transatlantic routes that the city enjoyed during its hub heyday.<\/p>\n

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Aer Lingus’ new Pittsburgh-Dublin route<\/h2>\n

Aer Lingus will give Pittsburgh its first-ever service to Dublin.<\/p>\n

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It will also be the city’s third current transatlantic route (alongside London and Reykjavik).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are thrilled to have a partner in Aer Lingus that will serve Pittsburgh\u2019s growing market for nonstop service to Ireland and beyond, and we look forward to welcoming even more European travelers to Pittsburgh,\u201d PIT CEO Cassotis said in a statement<\/a> announcing the new Dublin flights.<\/p>\n

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O’Connell Bridge over the Liffey River in Dublin. MERTEN\/GETTY IMAGES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As for Aer Lingus, the addition of Pittsburgh comes amid a broader six-route expansion<\/a> that also included five intra-Europe routes from Ireland.<\/p>\n

The carrier\u2019s new Pittsburgh schedule will see Aer Lingus fly the route four times a week, operating one round trip each Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The service will operate year-round, except for \u201ca brief pause in January and February.\u201d<\/p>\n

Flight times are:<\/p>\n