Savannah Aims for Prominent Role as Aircraft Hub
Monday, July 29th, 2013
The Lowcountry coastline has become as popular with aircraft manufacturers as sunbathers and retirees.
Stretching from Boeing's 4-year-old Dreamliner plant in Charleston, S.C., south to Gulfstream's facilities in Savannah and Brunswick and on to Brazilian firm Embraer's new military fighter production center in Jacksonville, Fla., the coast can claim aerospace capital of the South status.
And Savannah Economic Development Authority officials are intent on making Savannah the aerospace supplier capital of the corridor.
Last week's announcement that aircraft parts supplier LMI Aerospace would expand its Savannah facility and nearly triple its local workforce underscored the potential, SEDA CEO Trip Tollison said.
