Charleston International Airport, President & CEO, Elliott Summey at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit Americas 2026
Charleston International Airport, President & CEO, Elliott Summey spoke to CAPA TV at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit Americas 2026, hosted in Charleston, about latest industry trends and company developments.
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Transcript
Elliott Summey:We've announced, you know, that we're going to be opening our new $100 million 4-gate concourse here in December, and we're doing it with Breeze. And they're going to be our preferred partner in those gates, and we're super excited about that. You know, yesterday was the 5-year anniversary of the first flight for Breeze Airways from Tampa to Charleston. It was their first flight in their history. And we got— we've been an integral part of the history of Breeze. And now we're just adding on to that history with now them taking a very large role in our airport and certainly being the anchor of that new concourse is exciting for us. We fly to 28 cities with Breeze today and we're going to be flying a whole lot more. Well, certainly we were really, really excited to have everyone here. You know, we love seeing them show off our beautiful city. This growing, wonderful place that we call home. And our airport has become such an integral part of all that growth and all of the quality of life that is Charleston, being able to connect our folks and others to us. So we were really excited to host you guys. We, you know, the CAPA and GAT events are, in my mind, 2 of the premier events every year in the aviation world, especially when it comes to conventions. In knowledge sharing. And it always attracts some of the brightest and best in aviation. As you saw this week, David Neelman on wild display, in my opinion, one of the best entrepreneurs in aviation. The Electra Aero folks demonstrating there for the first time their new aircraft. So it's the whole gamut, whether it's airports, whether it's aviation, whether it's airlines and what have you, from a planning and from a technology standpoint. It's a really great opportunity for everyone to kind of knowledge share, and what better place to do it than in our hometown? Thank you.
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