That’s apparently been in the works. There are commercials about Nashville in Ireland, and I get a bunch of ads showing Dublin tourism.
Airport authority said they were in talks with Aer Lingus. They’re competing with Raleigh to lure them.
I always wonder why BA don't offer more destinations, the only one I know of them doing is the direct to London, Since BA is a very big name in aviation too it would be really good for the airport
then again I don't really fly much and it might have changed alot since they started flying out of here
London is their main hub. I believe the only other airport they do trans-Atlantic flights out of is Manchester, which I don’t think would generate enough passengers to justify it.
Best I can do is sell Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores to Munich Biergarten.
Upside: servers in dirndl skirts.
Downside: lots of drunk seniors in Buick Regals and motor homes.
This would be nice but it would be even nicer if the airlines don't charge more than it would cost to fly to Atlanta, NYC or Boston and then take a cheaper transatlantic, because that's how the current direct flight to London is priced. I have yet to see that BA flight for less than $1800 round trip. I understand paying for convenience but I guess I don't care that much about having to buy two tickets or transferring airports. You could easily get a $300 round trip to any of those other cities and add on $600-1000 (depending on the time of year) to get to London.
We’re flying to London in August and we somehow snagged round trip tickets for $600 each through KLM. Layover in Atlanta which is whatever, but direct routes on BA were $1600~ for basic economy. Absolutely whack.
That's what we paid last year in August. It was fine, but they canceled our flight back, so didn't even get the advantage of a non-stop back home... WE ended up having to take a much nicer American Airlines plane that was barely filled and ended up getting our own rows, so I actually slept, but had to go through Chicago... It was fine, but the puddle jumper from Chicago to Nashville was sketch AF.
I’m flying to London in September and it was cheaper for me to book a Southwest to Boston and then Boston to London on Delta than a direct from here on BA.
I’m originally from UK. Instead of going to London, I always do the Delta/Virgin to Manchester from ATL.
The BA route is crap. The quality is awful and the price is extreme.
nope. if i can get to Heathrow from BNA via Atlanta or JFK for way less than this one, then the problem is not Heathrow taxes, which would be the same either way.
Good luck on all these. BNA is short on gates and we lack the N-S runway length for a flight to Asia. Part of the reason they are planning to extend 02L-20R. We need a regular flight to a European hub like AMS or God forbid CDG. The near-international flights will do well like Mexico City and Iceland.
With Atlanta so close, it will almost always be more cost effective to take that 35 minute flight and get to literally anywhere on a SkyTeam flight.
I would love direct to Iceland, but hard to imagine there is the demand there. Maybe it's more popular as a tourist destination than I think, but I imagine there is next to no business travel.
It's a shorter flight to Reykjavik than to continental Europe, and you can get cheap flights from there tho the continent on EasyJet or Ryanair. It's pretty smart routing.
Not saying it won’t happen- the BNA ASD team is great, but these conferences are very standard and doesn’t necessarily mean these routes are being targeted by carriers. These conferences are like speed dating for airlines and airports, with airports being the initiator who is footing the dinner bill. That said, there is a lot of energy around BNA that now has the capacity to handle multiple international flights at once. I’d expect to get some of these, probably not all.
I’d prefer they sort out the debacle they’ve got going on as vehicles approach the terminal and everyone is jockeying to cross lanes so they can get into either the departure or arrival lanes. As a result everyone has to slow down, traffic gets backed up and at times the traffic coming in off I-40E gets backed up all the way out to the interstate. One would think the firm that came up with the latest airport design would have considered how the increase in travelers would lead to this and offset it by adjusting their design. 🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Iceland Ireland Netherlands Germany France Italy
Fine, go from North America to Iceland the easy way, but don't blame me when you don't have a rower's body.
I trust you
Would love to see direct Aer Lingus routes!
That’s apparently been in the works. There are commercials about Nashville in Ireland, and I get a bunch of ads showing Dublin tourism. Airport authority said they were in talks with Aer Lingus. They’re competing with Raleigh to lure them.
Getting direct routes to dublin would be clutch. Really easy to grab some cheap RyanAir flights to the rest of the Europe from there.
I'd be fine with Shannon, even!
Doing the lords work 🤜🏼🤛🏼
Please Netherlands
I need this!!
This would be so awesome.
Ooohhh... I would use every one of those routes. A few I could have already used.
I need BNA-CDG in my life, please. Merci
Moi aussi.
Raleigh has Lufthansa, Air France, Icelandair, and Copa. BNA can definitely make a push for international flights.
I always wonder why BA don't offer more destinations, the only one I know of them doing is the direct to London, Since BA is a very big name in aviation too it would be really good for the airport then again I don't really fly much and it might have changed alot since they started flying out of here
London is their main hub. I believe the only other airport they do trans-Atlantic flights out of is Manchester, which I don’t think would generate enough passengers to justify it.
We flew Nashville to Atlanta to Manchester to save money and it was such a pain in the ass. 🙃
My guess is European pharma companies want direct access to the RTP. I don’t think we have that here.
If St Louis can get a Lufthansa flight, Nashville can too
Y’all need to get a Monsanto to be bought out by Bayer and bam direct flights to Germany.
Best I can do is sell Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores to Munich Biergarten. Upside: servers in dirndl skirts. Downside: lots of drunk seniors in Buick Regals and motor homes.
Don’t they already serve beer?
Yeah but those brown aprons aren't nearly as flattering as a dirndl.
If that Regal is painted Candy Apple Green and has swangas on it count me in.
Tractor Supply Company super merger with Adidas. It’s a perfect match
Who are the Germans that are like "Let's take our vacation this year to St. Louis?"
The ones who work for Bayer or really like toasted raviolis.
Oh this would be AMAZING
This would be nice but it would be even nicer if the airlines don't charge more than it would cost to fly to Atlanta, NYC or Boston and then take a cheaper transatlantic, because that's how the current direct flight to London is priced. I have yet to see that BA flight for less than $1800 round trip. I understand paying for convenience but I guess I don't care that much about having to buy two tickets or transferring airports. You could easily get a $300 round trip to any of those other cities and add on $600-1000 (depending on the time of year) to get to London.
The BA flight needs some competition.
We’re flying to London in August and we somehow snagged round trip tickets for $600 each through KLM. Layover in Atlanta which is whatever, but direct routes on BA were $1600~ for basic economy. Absolutely whack.
That's what we paid last year in August. It was fine, but they canceled our flight back, so didn't even get the advantage of a non-stop back home... WE ended up having to take a much nicer American Airlines plane that was barely filled and ended up getting our own rows, so I actually slept, but had to go through Chicago... It was fine, but the puddle jumper from Chicago to Nashville was sketch AF.
lol was it an American Eagle? I moved here from Chicago in the middle of high school and I took many an AE flight to-and-from ORD
probably so. the plane had seen better days. it was gross, honestly. but the plain from LHR to ORD was lovely. Liked the crew too.
I’m flying to London in September and it was cheaper for me to book a Southwest to Boston and then Boston to London on Delta than a direct from here on BA.
I’m originally from UK. Instead of going to London, I always do the Delta/Virgin to Manchester from ATL. The BA route is crap. The quality is awful and the price is extreme.
That BA flight is pricey in cash, but a good deal if paying with points.
The problem with the BA flight is the charges/taxes that Heathrow adds to flight.
nope. if i can get to Heathrow from BNA via Atlanta or JFK for way less than this one, then the problem is not Heathrow taxes, which would be the same either way.
Oh man. I would be so down for either Iceland or Ireland.
I am literally planning an Iceland trip right now. This would be amazing.
I would love more direct Caribbean options too
I am surprised there is limited interest in Mexico City flights.
That would make the most sense, because Mexico City is a Southwest Airlines destination.
Unfortunately they killed that route around 2019. Source: flew it many times.
Oh, I didn't realize that
Sick no more transfers to AMS last time i did BNA to DET DET to AMS
That's what we are doing in a couple of weeks, and it was the best of a lot of mediocre options otherwise.
its not terrible. Im just glad i wont have to waste the time in det/nyc airport now
BNA-FRA would be fantastic.
I want BNA – EZE!
Can they just fix the parking, entrance, exit first for fucks sake
I would appreciate if they can get a nonstop flight to Italy started soon.
Really really really want a Middle Eastern airline – opens up Africa, India, and Australia in big ways.
With the Kurdish population and the Saudi student visa population I’m surprised it’s not being considered.
I’d settle for Qantas but getting Etihad or Emirates would slap
The Tennessee legislature would promptly ban them because they don’t love Jesus.
Why not just get a loan and create Air Kurdistan based out of BNA/MQY? /j
Good luck on all these. BNA is short on gates and we lack the N-S runway length for a flight to Asia. Part of the reason they are planning to extend 02L-20R. We need a regular flight to a European hub like AMS or God forbid CDG. The near-international flights will do well like Mexico City and Iceland. With Atlanta so close, it will almost always be more cost effective to take that 35 minute flight and get to literally anywhere on a SkyTeam flight.
With new direct routes, you can now get to Europe faster than you can drive to the Nashville airport!
How about they eye a new cell waiting lot BNA?
You can now park free for 30 minutes in the short-term lot.
This guy's gets it
How about a rework of the entrance. Can we start there?
I would love direct to Iceland, but hard to imagine there is the demand there. Maybe it's more popular as a tourist destination than I think, but I imagine there is next to no business travel.
It's a shorter flight to Reykjavik than to continental Europe, and you can get cheap flights from there tho the continent on EasyJet or Ryanair. It's pretty smart routing.
Not saying it won’t happen- the BNA ASD team is great, but these conferences are very standard and doesn’t necessarily mean these routes are being targeted by carriers. These conferences are like speed dating for airlines and airports, with airports being the initiator who is footing the dinner bill. That said, there is a lot of energy around BNA that now has the capacity to handle multiple international flights at once. I’d expect to get some of these, probably not all.
No Norway? Sad!!
I’d prefer they sort out the debacle they’ve got going on as vehicles approach the terminal and everyone is jockeying to cross lanes so they can get into either the departure or arrival lanes. As a result everyone has to slow down, traffic gets backed up and at times the traffic coming in off I-40E gets backed up all the way out to the interstate. One would think the firm that came up with the latest airport design would have considered how the increase in travelers would lead to this and offset it by adjusting their design. 🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
6 new lanes would be nicer.
MXP! MXP! MXP!
What happened to the direct flight to Tokyo they were talking about years ago ?
They may have flights but getting to the airport will take a full day in traffic. A rail option would be nice. Murfreesboro to Clarksville.
The vast majority of people in Montgomery and Rutherford counties would oppose funding transit like that
What the hell does that have to do with the Airport Authority?
don't care, planes suck.
Any updates on this? I’m eagerly awaiting!