Pittsburgh, PA – Port Authority will provide special service to the Wings Over Pittsburgh event at Pittsburgh International Airport on Saturday and Sunday, May 10-11, 2008.
The 28A Wings Over Pittsburgh Flyer will provide convenient service between Downtown Pittsburgh and the Entry Station for the event for a one-way fare of $2.60.
Between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. both days, the 28A Wings Over Pittsburgh Flyer will operate every 15 minutes from Penn Station on the Martin Luther King, Jr. East Busway and serve the following stops: Grant Street at Federal Building; Seventh Avenue at Smithfield Street; along Liberty Avenue at Tenth Street, Seventh Street, Sixth Street and Fifth Avenue; Penn Avenue at Stanwix Street; West Carson Street at the Duquesne Incline; and all West Busway stops except Carnegie Station.
Customers wishing to park at Carnegie Station on the West Busway can board any inbound 33X West Busway-All Stops bus and should tell the operator they are going to the Wings Over Pittsburgh event. They will be discharged free of charge at Bell Avenue Station, where they can access 28A service. On the return trip, those customers should ask for a free transfer that will enable them to board outbound 33X service at Bell Avenue Station for their return trip to Carnegie Station.
The last trip to the event will leave Penn Station at 1 p.m. both days. Prior to the performances, return service from the event will operate from 9 a.m. through 12:45 p.m. each day, then resume at 5 p.m. upon conclusion of the shows.
Port Authority encourages those planning to attend the Wings Over Pittsburgh event to use its network of park and ride lots for free parking and convenient service. There are more than 4,600 park and ride spaces along the T, almost 1,000 along the East Busway and almost 600 more along the West Busway.
Military bus shuttle service from the University Boulevard park and ride lot will also be available during the event. Port Authority customers wishing additional information can contact Port Authority Customer Service at (412) 442-2000 or the TTY number, (412) 231-7007, for the speech and hearing impaired.