Corning shuttles to Concord the week of a hiring spurt at its aviation department

Corning flew Challenger 850 tail N28CG from Logue Airport in Pennsylvania to an airport near Concord, North Carolina, on May 21, 2026, a trip of one hour and 25 minutes. The flight touched down the same week the materials-science company was publicly recruiting for an Assistant Director of Operations (Aviation), a senior leadership role at its flight department headquartered at Elmira-Corning Regional Airport, per a job posting dated May 15, 2026, on Corning's careers site.

The hiring push is the latest sign that Corning, which operates three Falcon 900EX EASy jets and three Challenger 850s in a self-dispatch model, continues to invest in its unusually large corporate fleet. The open position calls for an advanced pilot or maintenance certification and experience in safety management systems, reflecting the department's Part 145 repair-station capabilities and its regular shuttles to plants in North Carolina, Kentucky, and New Jersey.

Corning's flight schedule shows multiple trips to the Charlotte area this week, consistent with the company's employee shuttle network that carries more than 22,000 passengers annually. The Challenger 850s serve Charlotte, Raleigh, and Wilmington, North Carolina, as well as Lexington, Kentucky, near Corning's Harrodsburg manufacturing facility. Today's flight to Concord fits that routine: another workday move by a company that treats aviation as infrastructure.