Corning flies to Wilmington the week of its Amazon fiber deal

Corning flew from Canaan Field to Wilmington International Airport on June 11, 2026, a 1-hour 14-minute hop aboard Challenger 850 N28CG.

The same week, Corning and Amazon announced a multibillion-dollar deal for optical fiber, cable, and connectivity hardware to power Amazon's U.S. data centers, per a June 8 joint release [siliconangle.com](https://siliconangle.com/2026/06/08/amazon-inks-multibillion-dollar-optical-manufacturing-deal-corning/). The agreement will create 1,000 manufacturing jobs at Corning's North Carolina facilities, which include a major fiber-optic cable plant near Hickory. The Wilmington-area trip follows a pattern of frequent Corning flights to the Carolinas over the past week, including multiple shuttles between Elmira and Charlotte, where Corning is overseeing a tenfold expansion of optical connectivity capacity tied to its May partnership with NVIDIA [corning.com](https://www.corning.com/worldwide/en/about-us/news-events/news-releases/2026/05/nvidia-and-corning-announce-long-term-partnership-to-strengthen-us-manufacturing-for-ai-infrastructure.html).