Strategic Initiatives
Under CEO Christina Cassotis’ visionary leadership, the Allegheny County Airport Authority (ACAA) is redefining what an airport can be for our passengers, partners and the community by elevating connectivity, advancing commerce and inspiring the future of air travel.
We are reimagining the roles of Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) and Allegheny County Airport (AGC) as not only venues of air travel, but of connection, economic activity, advancement, safety, responsibility and innovation. We are driven by the same can-do spirit that has shaped the Pittsburgh region – a region ever on the rise; a community we are committed to serving.
Our Vision
To transform Pittsburgh’s airports to reflect and serve the community, inspire the industry and advance the region’s role as a world leader.
Our Mission
A global aviation leader driving innovation, regional growth and prosperity by investing in our employees, customers, airlines and partners.
The Transformed PIT
We are transforming travel by undergoing an ambitious, airport-wide modernization to better meet the needs of our community, providing the Pittsburgh region with an elevated platform for exploration, development and innovation in 2025. The transformed PIT is designed to deliver a more welcoming, intuitive and carefully crafted environment – from curb to gate and back again. Our aim has been simple: to shape an easier, more enriching experience at a more modern, more efficient airport.
Economic Development
Our impact extends far beyond our airport campuses and the aviation industry — we serve as an economic jet engine that drives an entire region. ACAA creates thousands of jobs, generates billions of dollars in economic impact and serves as a gateway welcoming millions of business, leisure and academic passengers every year. We connect Pittsburgh’s industry, people and ideas with the world, encouraging opportunity and helping to further innovation.
Energy
The ACAA is pioneering a path in energy innovation. We are leading the way, solving some of aviation’s most critical energy, environmental and operational issues to reduce our impact and contribute to smarter, more efficient air travel. Through our energy efforts at PIT, including the world’s first airport microgrid and our commitment to synthetic aviation fuel, we are earning our right to better serve our community, our industry and our world.
Innovation
Innovation is more than a strategic priority at the ACAA – it is an organizational value that defines everything we do; it is our culture. This culture of innovation begins with CEO Christina Cassotis and her leadership team. Christina’s focus on innovation places the ACAA at the forefront of aviation industry trends and developments; it is creating a novel approach throughout the aviation industry and our community – that is how we lead, that is how we serve.
Performance Culture
The ACAA aims to cultivate a culture of performance that elevates every team member’s role and fosters an environment of trust, feedback and engagement. This allows team members to work efficiently across departments and toward a common goal: increasing the impact our airports have and helping us lead within the aviation industry. This initiative is supported through teamwork, training and a dedication to serving our passengers, partners and community.
Service Design
The ACAA is shaping a people-first air travel experience, because we believe everyone has the right to feel welcome in our airports. That means delivering a more cohesive, intuitive, more universally accessible experience. We are going beyond what is expected from a typical airport by incorporating a sense of community that considers everyone. Service design infuses care and ease into the airport experience, meeting the needs of our passengers, partners and team members.
Workforce Development
The ACAA is creating opportunities for continued success and reinventing what airports can do for the community we serve. We are breaking down barriers to enter into and remain in the workforce through industry-leading programs like PIT2Work, PIT’s on-site childcare center, Ready for Takeoff and Getting Ready for Takeoff, and we generate hundreds of thousands of jobs through our airport operations, through partnerships and through special projects like PIT’s transformation.
