Allegiant said it would establish an aircraft base at Lehigh Valley International Airport, set to begin operations in February 2020. The base would be Allegiant’s 18th and bring at least 66 new jobs for pilots, flight attendants, mechanics and others this spring.

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a trucking association over the use of turnpike tolls to fund mass transit in Pennsylvania.

Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority officials agreed to accept four grants totaling $20,786,225 from the Federal Aviation Administration, with funds coming from the federal Airport Improvement Program. They will help the airport improve and upgrade its main runway.

For the busy summer travel season, Lehigh Valley International Airport in Hanover Township, Lehigh County, reported 89,609 passengers in June, a 23.43 percent increase from the 72,600 passengers it had in June 2018.

Two buildings are going up at 1198 Feather Way and 2020 Feather Way in Bethlehem, for a project called Steel City Trade Center.

A second-quarter market report from real estate firm CBRE showed occupancy gains of 1.9 million square feet and $135 million in investments along the Interstate 78-81 corridor.

The airport closed briefly last month to repave a runway intersection, which meant no takeoffs or landings for two days. That 52-hour closure translated into a loss of about 70 flights.

The company plans to move its employees and operations out of those two other sites, which are a warehouse on Race Street in Hanover Township, Lehigh County, and a distribution center on Conroy Place in Forks Township.

A recent report from the Food Marketing Institute and Neilsen projects that groceries ordered online will account for 13 percent of total grocery sales by 2022, up from 3 percent in 2018. That would translate into an additional $100 billion per year.

Black Creek Group plans to develop three buildings on more than 16 industrial acres in South Whitehall Township.