Article: Pittsburgh International on Course to a Record Year with the Help of AirTran.

By Mark Belko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 14--Pittsburgh International Airport could be headed for its busiest year ever, thanks in no small part to the emergence of discount carrier AirTran.

Through May, total passenger volume -- those boarding or getting off airplanes -- had increased 7.4 percent over last year. The 8.26 million people using the airport were the second-most ever for the time period, according to the Allegheny County Airport Authority.

The authority said preliminary figures indicated that last month would be the busiest June in airport history.

If the trend continues, the airport ...

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