EWR is the busiest of the three New York area commercial airports. It was also New York's first commercial airport, with LaGuardia not opening until the mid 1940s. A famous story/publicity stunt involved the revered New York mayor LaGuardia booking a flight to New York. When the TWA flight landed at Newark, then New York's only commercial airport, he refused to disembark and insisted on being flown to New York. The airport, recently renamed Liberty International, following the 9/11 attackes has always been a major domestic facility but in recent years has seen large growth in international services with some airlines transferrring from JFK or supplementing service. This was a trend that began with the launch of Virgin Atlantic in 1984. In the 1980s, People Express dominated the airport. With Continental's acquisition of PE in 1987, CO become the dominant airline here and in fact the #1 carrier in the New York area. The current A,B, and C terminal complex was completed in 1973.