Chattanooga Airport unveils $28 million expansion

In its biggest expansion in more than three decades, the Chattanooga Airport is opening a new wing to its passenger concourse this week, adding two more boarding gates along with a new restaurant, gift shop and business center.

Delta Airlines, the biggest among the four airlines offering commercial flights at Lovell Field, will begin commercial flights Wednesday morning from newly built gates 7 and 8.

On Saturday night, more than 400 elected and community leaders from Chattanooga, Cleveland and Dalton celebrated the completion of the airport's $28 million terminal expansion during a ribbon-cutting in the new concourse area.

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Marissa Bell