Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

OneJet launches new services

Adds Ind., Wis. flights from Pittsburgh

- By Mark Belko Mark Belko: mbelko@post-gazette.com.

Two weeks after securing ticket and operations space at Pittsburgh Internatio­nal Airport, Indianapol­is-based OneJet is ready to land.

The airline announced Friday that it will start service to Indianapol­is and Milwaukee next month.

Service to Indianapol­is Internatio­nal Airport will start May 11 and service to Milwaukee on May 4, with a daily flight four times a week, Monday through Thursday.

The airline will use sevenseate­r Hawker 400 aircraft for the flights. Tickets are available for purchase through select corporate and online retailers, including American Express Global Business Travel and Expedia.

Indianapol­is and Milwaukee have been high on the list of cities targeted by Pittsburgh Internatio­nal for business travel.

“We’re excited about new opportunit­ies for local business leaders and business growth that this new air service provides,” Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald said. “OneJet has stepped up to fill a void in our community and in similar communitie­s across the Mid-Atlantic.”

Pittsburgh last had service to Indianapol­is in January 2009 and to Milwaukee in January 2012.

The OneJet service is a first win for new county airport authority CEO Christina Cassotis, who arrived in January with the goal of bringing more flights to the airport, which is still struggling with the loss of the US Airways hub in 2004.

More than 27,000 people a year fly between Pittsburgh and Milwaukee, and more than 15,000 a year between Pittsburgh and Indianapol­is, she said.

OneJet began its operations

“OneJet has stepped up to fill a void in our community and in similar communitie­s across the Mid-Atlantic.”

Rich Fitzgerald, Allegheny County Executive

April 6 with service between Indianapol­is and Milwaukee.

OneJet service is the latest addition at the Findlay airport. Sun Air, another regional carrier, currently is offering federally subsidized service to Jamestown, N.Y., and Bradford, Altoona, Franklin and Lancaster in Pennsylvan­ia.

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 ?? Greg Whitaker/OneJet ?? Top: The interior of the Hawker 400. Above: Jets such as this one from OneJet, based in Indianapol­is, will start flying out of Pittsburgh.
Greg Whitaker/OneJet Top: The interior of the Hawker 400. Above: Jets such as this one from OneJet, based in Indianapol­is, will start flying out of Pittsburgh.

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