WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Boeing broke ground Friday on a new expansion project for the 787 Dreamliner site in South Carolina.

The company announced its plans to expand and upgrade its site near Charleston International Airport and a second campus in late 2024.

Boeing said it is investing over $1 billion in the project, which it expects will add 1,000 new jobs over the next five years.

The expansion will feature a new final assembly building, roughly 1.2 million square feet in size, including space for airplane production, support, office space, a parts preparation area and a vertical fin paint facility, as well as additions the the Interiors Responsibility Center, which makes parts of the interior of the aircraft.

"We continue to see strong demand for the 787 Dreamliner family and its ma

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