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Nashville Airport welcomes Icelandair and Aer Lingus, boosting transatlantic flights

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Nashville Airport welcomes Icelandair and Aer Lingus, boosting transatlantic flights
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Nashville International Airport has expanded its network with the addition of two new long-haul airlines. On April 10, Icelandair commenced its service from Keflavik, Iceland, marking the airport's first-ever connection to Iceland. Two days later, on April 12, Aer Lingus will start its flights from Dublin, Ireland, adding a new link from Europe to the Tennessee city. This expansion brings the number of long-haul airlines operating from Nashville to three, including the existing British Airways services to London Heathrow.

Icelandair's debut in Nashville increases the airport's transatlantic capacity significantly. According to Cirium Diio data, the addition of Icelandair and Aer Lingus raises the capacity to 263,000 round-trip seats, marking a 51% increase from the previous year. However, despite the rise in transatlantic connections, European-bound seats still account for a small percentage of Nashville’s total seat offerings, with numbers slightly increasing during the peak summer months.

Icelandair, launching its service with a Boeing 737 MAX 8, will operate four weekly flights on a summer seasonal basis. The schedule sees departures from Keflavik at 17:10 on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, arriving in Nashville at 19:30. The return flights leave Nashville at 20:55, reaching Keflavik the following day at 08:40.

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Aer Lingus will begin its service with the Airbus A321XLR, its longest-ever single-aisle route to the United States at 3,394 nautical miles. The flights, also four times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, leave Dublin at 14:05 and arrive in Nashville at 17:10. Return flights depart Nashville at 18:40, arriving in Dublin the next day at 08:45.

British Airways, having serviced Nashville since May 2018, continues to expand its offerings with up to 10 weekly flights during August and early September. In 2024, the airline transported 153,000 passengers between Nashville and London, filling 89% of its seats. This data suggests a strong demand for the route, with many passengers making connecting flights at Heathrow to destinations like Cairo, Mumbai, Dublin, Rome, and Edinburgh.

These developments signal an important growth in international air traffic for Nashville, aligning with the city’s position as the 23rd-busiest airport in the United States.

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