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The article deals with the plan of Boeing to establish a site at a wetland forest in North Charleston, South Carolina for final assembly of the 787-9 variant. Questions were raised by the site selection about the aircraft manufacturer's long-term production strategy. The goal of Boeing is to have the second line operating by July 2011, with first delivery in the first quarter of 2012.

The article focuses on a plan of Boeing to set up a second assembly line to meet orders for the 787 aircraft. Industry officials states their opinions on why Boeing will choose North Charleston, South Carolina, as location for the second final assembly line. It relates Boeing's original plan for the second assembly line.

The article reports on Boeing's pending acquisition of Vought Aircraft Industries' 50% share of fuselage builder Global Aeronautica (GA) in North Charleston, South Carolina. The deal removes Vought from the managerially challenging role of an airframe/systems integrator and shifts it back to the more straightforward task of building the aft fuselage Sections 47 and 48 in its own facility next to the GA plant.