Nashville International Airport Development thread

[Pdt2f]

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/on-the-rise/it-feels-like-a-real-airport-in-a-real-city-nashville-international-airport-opens-grand-lobby-to-first-travelers
 

Article about the opening of the lobby, the rest of BNA vision, and the new horizons plan that is to follow (or whatever the name for it is). Interesting that their new goal is 135 destinations. I’m having a hard time imagining where he could be thinking of, unless Southwest or someone is planning a major Caribbean/Central American route expansion. 

[Kv615]

What will be going in to the space where the security lanes used to be? Fly out in a couple weeks and can't wait to see it in person! 

[downtownresident]

17 minutes ago, Kv615 said:

What will be going in to the space where the security lanes used to be? Fly out in a couple weeks and can't wait to see it in person! 

The old separate check points will be additional ticketing space if I remember correctly. 

[jmtunafish]

10 hours ago, Pdt2f said:

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/on-the-rise/it-feels-like-a-real-airport-in-a-real-city-nashville-international-airport-opens-grand-lobby-to-first-travelers
 

Article about the opening of the lobby, the rest of BNA vision, and the new horizons plan that is to follow (or whatever the name for it is). Interesting that their new goal is 135 destinations. I’m having a hard time imagining where he could be thinking of, unless Southwest or someone is planning a major Caribbean/Central American route expansion. 

The article also quoted airport CEO Doug Kreulen saying that once the international arrivals area is finished, they hope to have a 2nd European destination, "probably somewhere in Central Europe."  Is Frankfurt considered Central Europe?  I don't think Paris and Amsterdam are considered Central Europe.  So maybe Lufthansa to Frankfurt?

[MLBrumby]

OH NO!!!!!!  The Frankfurt airport is a flustercuck every time I've flown through there.  However, I'd love a Nashville to Munich flight. Wow! Just wow! 

[Binbin98]

1 hour ago, jmtunafish said:

The article also quoted airport CEO Doug Kreulen saying that once the international arrivals area is finished, they hope to have a 2nd European destination, "probably somewhere in Central Europe."  Is Frankfurt considered Central Europe?  I don't think Paris and Amsterdam are considered Central Europe.  So maybe Lufthansa to Frankfurt?

Fairly certain it will end up like an Austin or Salt Lake City type of airport with 3-4 European nonstops, a couple being seasonal perhaps.

Icelandair and Aer Lingus I could see flying to Nashville in addition to the more major airlines like Lufthansa or Air France/KLM. Icelandair already flies to Raleigh and many Irish tourists visit Nashville.

I also think nonstop flights to Mexico should work out in the future. 

[markhollin]

Overview of the 5 new restaurants/retailers just opened in the new terminal (The Pharmacy Burger Parlor, Natalie's Candy Bar, Country Music Hall of Fame Shop, Draper James, and Music City Shop), plus 5 additional restaurants opening in September (Slim & Husky's, Hattie B's, Acme Feed & Seed, The Goo Goo Shop, and Smashville Bar).

More at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2023/01/26/5-new-restaurants-and-shops-to-check-out-at-nashville-airport-bna/69826551007/

[jmtunafish]

9 hours ago, jmtunafish said:

The article also quoted airport CEO Doug Kreulen saying that once the international arrivals area is finished, they hope to have a 2nd European destination, "probably somewhere in Central Europe."  Is Frankfurt considered Central Europe?  I don't think Paris and Amsterdam are considered Central Europe.  So maybe Lufthansa to Frankfurt?

I'm thinking maybe it'll be Eurowings Discover which is owned by Lufthansa but serves more leisure type destinations such as Tampa, Salt Lake, Fort Myers, and Las Vegas.

[smeagolsfree]

LA_TN had mentioned at one of our meets several months back that Lufthansa was one of the airlines that has been talked about for a European connection. So, for those of us that come to the meets it is not a surprise. We just can't share everything we here and everything we here can sometimes be said to be as rumors so that is why we do not always share on the board. I will say that LA_TN knows what he is talking about when it comes to BNA!!!!

[chc3]

13 hours ago, MLBrumby said:

OH NO!!!!!!  The Frankfurt airport is a flustercuck every time I've flown through there.  However, I'd love a Nashville to Munich flight. Wow! Just wow! 

That said, I’ll take FRA over Heathrow any day. I agree that Munich is a superior airport!

[nashmoney]

An article detailing the new art installation in the New grand lobby. Sounds pretty cool! Can't wait to see it in person. 

From the article:

"The new terminal art in Nashville International Airport’s grand lobby was created by Studio Gentilhomme, a digital art firm from Montreal, and features two panoramic screens, each 70ft wide at 24K combined resolution. The screens will display everything from local beauty spots to sports highlights and more. The idea is to show Nashville off at its largest door to the world."

Scenes that will be displayed include but are not limited to:

Guitar manufacturing

A display explaining how whiskey is made.

Nashville at night, going through the city’s skyline

Broadway Street, Nashville’s town center thoroughfare

Sports in Nashville that celebrates the city’s American football, soccer, hockey, baseball, and other sporting teams

Nature scenes showing the nearby Great Smoky Mountains and many bodies of water

 

Nashville International Airport Unveils New Art Installation

https://simpleflying.com/nashville-international-airport-unveils-art-installation/

[chc3]

Can’t wait to see it when I return from Seattle tomorrow afternoon!

[Melrose]

10 hours ago, nashmoney said:

An article detailing the new art installation in the New grand lobby. Sounds pretty cool! Can't wait to see it in person. 

From the article:

"The new terminal art in Nashville International Airport’s grand lobby was created by Studio Gentilhomme, a digital art firm from Montreal, and features two panoramic screens, each 70ft wide at 24K combined resolution. The screens will display everything from local beauty spots to sports highlights and more. The idea is to show Nashville off at its largest door to the world."

Scenes that will be displayed include but are not limited to:

Guitar manufacturing

A display explaining how whiskey is made.

Nashville at night, going through the city’s skyline

Broadway Street, Nashville’s town center thoroughfare

Sports in Nashville that celebrates the city’s American football, soccer, hockey, baseball, and other sporting teams

Nature scenes showing the nearby Great Smoky Mountains and many bodies of water

 

Nashville International Airport Unveils New Art Installation

https://simpleflying.com/nashville-international-airport-unveils-art-installation/

"Broadway Street, Nashville’s town center thoroughfare"

Sounds so quaint ,  I need to check this out......

[NashRugger]

13 hours ago, nashmoney said:

An article detailing the new art installation in the New grand lobby. Sounds pretty cool! Can't wait to see it in person. 

From the article:

"The new terminal art in Nashville International Airport’s grand lobby was created by Studio Gentilhomme, a digital art firm from Montreal, and features two panoramic screens, each 70ft wide at 24K combined resolution. The screens will display everything from local beauty spots to sports highlights and more. The idea is to show Nashville off at its largest door to the world."

Scenes that will be displayed include but are not limited to:

Guitar manufacturing

A display explaining how whiskey is made.

Nashville at night, going through the city’s skyline

Broadway Street, Nashville’s town center thoroughfare

Sports in Nashville that celebrates the city’s American football, soccer, hockey, baseball, and other sporting teams

Nature scenes showing the nearby Great Smoky Mountains and many bodies of water

 

Nashville International Airport Unveils New Art Installation

https://simpleflying.com/nashville-international-airport-unveils-art-installation/

Well, Simple Flying isn't well-known to be great at article writing with glaring grammatical errors galore. 

[markhollin]

Courtesy of Sky5:

[glamdring269]

Departed a week ago and returned yesterday. Even though I knew we would be flying out again in a few weeks I couldn’t help myself and had to go take a look. Wow! What an amazing transformation. It is so different that now I want some kind of AR experience where I can stand in a specific spot to take in the before/after.

[markhollin]

Airport Hilton (14 stories, 292 rooms, internal garage) update: working on roof; some window installation underway

Looking NE from Terminal Drive:

Looking south from Terminal Drive:

Looking SW from Terminal Drive:

Massive garage topped-out on east side of hotel.  Looking NW from Donelson Pike:

[AsianintheNations]

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2023/02/01/nashville-airport-sports-venues-target-of-state-takeover-effort/69861089007/

Just saw that additional bills have been filed by the state legislature in their larger retaliatory effort to exert control over Nashville institutions, including a majority state-appointed board for BNA. Practically speaking, what effect would this have if passed? I honestly never thought of airport expansions as being a political matter, since they're necessary for ordinary people and businesses alike from entire regions, but I guess they could potentially have authority to block something like a light rail link to the airport? Looking at other airports, there seems to be variety in the composition of such boards, with for example Boston (Massport) having majority governor appointees, Louisville having majority mayoral appointees, and San Francisco's board being a department of the local government.

[Nathan_in_DC]

On 1/27/2023 at 1:55 PM, NashRugger said:

Well, Simple Flying isn't well-known to be great at article writing with glaring grammatical errors galore. 

Simple Flying is a joke. I stopped using them for any sort of information a long time ago...Way too many factual errors compounded with just bad writing destroyed their credibility for me. The dumb clickbait articles didn't help, either.

[sambo]

With how much Nashville and the airport is growing, I wish we could at least get light rail from BNA to downtown with transit-oriented developments at other stops along the way.

[donNdonelson2]

Just arrived from Houston. This is my first time to see the new lobby.

 

Edited February 2, 2023 by donNdonelson2

[Baronakim]

11 hours ago, donNdonelson2 said:

Just arrived from Houston. This is my first time to see the new lobby.

 

 

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Sure is different from when i was in college...  a one big room terminal.  All the gates were in it and you walked out to the planes on the tarmac.

[UTgrad09]

On 2/1/2023 at 8:49 AM, AsianintheNations said:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2023/02/01/nashville-airport-sports-venues-target-of-state-takeover-effort/69861089007/

Just saw that additional bills have been filed by the state legislature in their larger retaliatory effort to exert control over Nashville institutions, including a majority state-appointed board for BNA. Practically speaking, what effect would this have if passed? I honestly never thought of airport expansions as being a political matter, since they're necessary for ordinary people and businesses alike from entire regions, but I guess they could potentially have authority to block something like a light rail link to the airport? Looking at other airports, there seems to be variety in the composition of such boards, with for example Boston (Massport) having majority governor appointees, Louisville having majority mayoral appointees, and San Francisco's board being a department of the local government.

The idiom "cutting off your nose to spite your face" comes to mind. The hayseeds are in a blind rage right now. 

[smeagolsfree]

2 hours ago, UTgrad09 said:

The idiom "cutting off your nose to spite your face" comes to mind. The hayseeds are in a blind rage right now. 

Well, I have been thinking of that idiom, but have not said it, because we do not know if that will come to pass, but it may well happen. I would in fact refrain from Hayseeds as we are all trying to stay away from any name calling, please. This is for all sides involved.

[UTgrad09]

15 minutes ago, smeagolsfree said:

Well, I have been thinking of that idiom, but have not said it, because we do not know if that will come to pass, but it may well happen. I would in fact refrain from Hayseeds as we are all trying to stay away from any name calling, please. This is for all sides involved.

It's a lot tamer than what they deserve to be called.