• Expanded footprint to support future 787 production increases as global demand grows.
• Project to support 1,000 new jobs and more than $1 billion in investments.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C., Nov. 7, 2025 / PRNewswire / -- Boeing [NYSE:BA] today marked the groundbreaking of its Boeing South Carolina (BSC) site expansion. Home of the 787 Dreamliner program, BSC is set to increase production to a rate of 10 airplanes per month in 2026. The new expansion will allow the site to support higher 787 production rates given strong market demand.
In late 2024, Boeing announced plans to expand and upgrade its site near Charleston International Airport and a second campus. The company is investing more than $1 billion in this infrastructure program and plans to create more than 1,000 new jobs over the next five years. The expansion will include:
• A new final assembly building similar in size to the current final assembly building, which is roughly 1.2 million square feet, and will include airplane production positions, production support and office space.
• A parts preparation area facility, a vertical fin paint facility, Flight Line stalls and more at the Airport Campus.• Additions to the Interiors Responsibility Center, where many of the 787's interior components are made. (....)