JetBlue announced Wednesday morning that the airline will start service at Wilmington International Airport this year. According to a news release, the airline will offer daily nonstop service between ILM and Boston (BOS) from April 30 to Oct. 25. "JetBlue will operate the flights on their A220, which offers wider seats, large windows and overhead bins, as ...

Wilmington International Airport (ILM) generated an estimated $3.3 billion in economic output in 2023, according to a State of Aviation report released by the N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) this month. That number is up from the last State of Aviation report, which estimated ILM had an economic output of $2.5 billion based on 2021 data. In the recent rep ...

Wilmington again made it to the top of the list for inbound moves in a moving company's annual study. A United Van Lines analysis shows the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which includes New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties, ranked No. 1 for the number of people moving to the area using United Van Lines.  "In the Southeast region o ...

Several local issues discussed and debated in 2024 centered around growth in the Cape Fear region. As a result, government and business leaders are keeping an eye on what happens next in areas that include residential real estate, infrastructure and potential land preservation. HOUSING CHALLENGES Homebuilding and residential development plans in the Wilmington-area con ...

Tri-Tech Forensics moved into another 50,000 square feet this fall in Brunswick County’s International Logistics Park, bringing the company’s local operations under one roof and growing its footprint to more than 80,000 square feet. The company, which assembles and distributes supply kits for law enforcement and first responders, is one of the park’s t ...

In mid-September, Potential Tropical Cyclone Eight dropped historic levels of rainfall on parts of Southeastern North Carolina. According to the National Weather Service, 12 to 20 inches of rain fell over two days, causing severe flash flooding. The rain’s impact was felt acutely in Brunswick County where the flooding made several roads and bridges around Southpor ...

From the role of AI to the potential impacts of federal policy changes, three Wilmington executives discussed the issues facing their companies during the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce’s 2024 Economic Summit & Executive Leadership Outlook on Tuesday.   The event featured MegaCorp Logistics CEO Ryan Legg, nCino chairman and CEO Pierre Naudé an ...

Local groups are planning a complex set to include indoor and outdoor Olympic-sized pools. According to a news release, the Wilmington Aquatic Center and ACCESS Inclusive Recreation Center “will be the heart of the new Olsen Farm Recreation Village, a transformative development on the historic Olsen Farm adjacent to I-40 at Murrayville Road.”  The re ...

The University of North Carolina Wilmington campus is slated to see $250 million to $400 million of investment in the next three to four years, Chancellor Aswani Volety said Wednesday during the Greater Wilmington Business Journal’s Power Breakfast. The investments are part of Soar Higher, UNCW’s strategic plan, which envisions bringing a hotel and conferenc ...

New Hanover Community Endowment officials on Tuesday outlined a new approach to how they plan to allocate its grants starting next year.   The shifts include grouping the grants into formalized categories of different scopes, offering unrestricted grants to some nonprofits and researching potential solutions on issues to shape requests for proposals that groups resp ...