Charleston International Airport is a joint civil-military airport located in North Charleston, South Carolina. The airport is operated by the Charleston County Aviation Authority under a joint-use agreement with Joint Base Charleston. It is South Carolina’s largest and busiest airport; in 2019 the airport served nearly 4. 9 million passengers in its busiest year on record.
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Charleston International Airport is a joint civil-military airport located in North Charleston, South Carolina. The airport is operated by the Charleston County Aviation Authority under a joint-use agreement with Joint Base Charleston. It is South Carolina’s largest and busiest airport; in 2019 the airport served nearly 4. 9 million passengers in its busiest year on record. In October 2009, Boeing announced that it would build a major plant on 265 acres at the airport as a second final assembly site for its 787 Dreamliner commercial aircraft. The facility began limited operations in July 2011 and rolled out its first completed aircraft in April 2012. As of 2019, the airport is the only facility in South Carolina to offer regular flights to destinations in all four time zones in the contiguous United States.
British Airways announced the commencement of a direct route from London Heathrow for the summer season, flying twice weekly which commenced in April 2019. This became the first scheduled transatlantic flight to operate from Charleston. Porter Airlines briefly served Charleston with flights to Toronto in 2015. In 2001, Air Canada briefly served the airport from Toronto but ended service immediately after the September 11th attacks. The current Boeing assembly area completed a three-year, USD 200 million redevelopment project in 2016 which added five concourses and significantly renovated the interior appearance of the facility.
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