(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – A view from inside Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Ken Maguire, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A new era of international travel began at Pittsburgh International Airport with the launch of a direct route to Dublin. 

The inaugural nonstop flight between Pittsburgh and Dublin took off yesterday aboard Irish carrier Aer Lingus. 

The route will operate four times a week from Pittsburgh International Airport. 

City and airport leaders attended a celebration marking the launch, which also featured Irish dancers and live music. 

Eat ‘n Park also provided hundreds of shamrock-shaped Smiley Cookies for passengers, giving travelers a small taste of Pittsburgh on their journey to Ireland.