US Airways flight center comes to Pittsburgh

February 21, 2007 at 2:10p.m.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — US Airways will build a new $25 million flight operations center in Pittsburgh, a move expected to bring at least 150 new jobs to the area, the airline said today.

The center will eventually house 600 employees and become the control center for US Airways’ 1,400 daily flights, the Tempe, Ariz.-based carrier said in a statement.

Pittsburgh had been vying with Charlotte, N.C., and Phoenix, Ariz., for the center, and offered US Airways millions of dollars in tax breaks to win the bid.