Nashville International Airport Development thread

[BeaveStirs]

[Sean blackdog]

47 minutes ago, BeaveStirs said:

Whoa, is that real 3 trees in back there? 

[markhollin]

Airport Hilton signage is up.

Looking NE from Terminal Way:

Looking north from C Concourse:

[downtownresident]

The airport posted a sneak peek of the new marketplace on Twitter(X) today: https://x.com/fly_nashville/status/1700180063956750470?s=46

[markhollin]

Satellite Concourse progress:

[markhollin]

International Concourse update.

Looking NW from Concourse

[chc3]

6 hours ago, markhollin said:

International Concourse update.

Looking NW from Concourse:

 

6 hours ago, markhollin said:

International Concourse update.

Looking NW from Concourse:

I took that same photo yesterday morning!

[MLBrumby]

From Concourse C?

[Nathan_in_DC]

 

Airport traffic is backed out onto the interstate at 5:00AM on a Monday. This is insane.

[jmtunafish]

47 minutes ago, Nathan_in_DC said:

 

Airport traffic is backed out onto the interstate at 5:00AM on a Monday. This is insane.

What's insane is that people don't realize, despite TDOT's signage, that they can skip right by that exit and access BNA at the very next exit, Donelson Pike.

[Nathan_in_DC]

22 minutes ago, jmtunafish said:

What's insane is that people don't realize, despite TDOT's signage, that they can skip right by that exit and access BNA at the very next exit, Donelson Pike.

Got a new slogan for them, no charge if they want to use it, "TDOT: Actively Making Things Worse."

[chris holman]

NEW concessions and retail options are OPEN at BNA

 

Donelson Emporium (D Concourse)

Tennessee Whiskey Company (D Concourse)

Sunglass Hut (D Concourse)

The Galleria Duty-Free - Duty Paid (A/B Concourse)

Goo Goo Shop (A/B

Edited September 11, 2023 by chris holman

[Sean blackdog]

Today this evening from Facebook. 

The first e.COBUS has arrived at BNA...all the way from Germany! This fully electric shuttle bus will be transferring passengers to and from our standalone Satellite Concourse.

[Nothingspectacular]

BNA was not included in Lufthansa’s announcements of new US destinations. Raleigh/Durham and Minneapolis were selected instead.  RDU now has 4 nonstops to Europe,  American to London Heathrow, Delta/ Air France to Paris CDG, Icelandair to Keflavik, and Lufthansa. Frankfurt.   This is a big blow to the management and board of BNA just prior to the opening of the BNA International Arrivals facilities.  

[donNdonelson2]

14 minutes ago, Nothingspectacular said:

BNA was not included in Lufthansa’s announcements of new US destinations. Raleigh/Durham and Minneapolis were selected instead.  RDU now has 4 nonstops to Europe,  American to London Heathrow, Delta/ Air France to Paris CDG, Icelandair to Keflavik, and Lufthansa. Frankfurt.   This is a big blow to the management and board of BNA just prior to the opening of the BNA International Arrivals facilities.  

I could be mistaken, but it seems I recall that one reason Raleigh/Durham has some of these international destinations is that there are heavy subsidies provided to secure the routes. Anyone recall any details, or am I completely wrong here?

[BnaBreaker]

1 hour ago, donNdonelson2 said:

I could be mistaken, but it seems I recall that one reason Raleigh/Durham has some of these international destinations is that there are heavy subsidies provided to secure the routes. Anyone recall any details, or am I completely wrong here?

That has to be the case, right?  I mean, no offense to Raleigh, but I can't imagine there are a lot of French and German people chomping at the bit to come vacation there.  

[bnacincy]

Research Triangle is probably the reason for Lufthansa's decision on RDU.

[SoundScan]

Tourism is not enough, you need business travelers. Business travelers buy more expensive fares and large corps negotiate/commit to seat blocks on routes. RDU has a significant footprint of companies with operations in Europe.

[donNdonelson2]

I did find this article about RDU incentives for international routes, but it’s behind a paywall. But it does look like they’ve been aggressively recruiting new flights to serve international destinations.

[MLBrumby]

Sad but true that a nonhub of a midsize metro probably needs big incentives. BNA would too! Have they been offered? 

[donNdonelson2]

39 minutes ago, MLBrumby said:

Sad but true that a nonhub of a midsize metro probably needs big incentives. BNA would too! Have they been offered? 

I think BNA has tried to lure new flights without having to subsidize them with incentives.

[Binbin98]

47 minutes ago, donNdonelson2 said:

I think BNA has tried to lure new flights without having to subsidize them with incentives.

This is what happens when the MNAA stalls with building their international arrivals building, international airlines won’t come. 
 

Originally the IAB was supposed to be completed this spring and if that happened I believe we would have seen another airline come in by now. Maybe next year that will happen. I do not believe Raleigh has the passengers to support all of these flights and I think eventually one will fold personally. 
 

Thankfully I live in a place now (London) where I don’t have to worry about lack of direct routes to anywhere. I quite frankly couldn’t live in Nashville due to the nature of what I’m studying, and I haven’t lived in Nashville since 2016 (I went from Shanghai to New York to Miami to London). This is why having a well connected airport is important.

[carolina1792]

3 hours ago, SoundScan said:

Tourism is not enough, you need business travelers. Business travelers buy more expensive fares and large corps negotiate/commit to seat blocks on routes. RDU has a significant footprint of companies with operations in Europe.

This is correct. The route will have more business class seats as the one servicing Minneapolis.  You'll also have to consider that Raleigh/Durham has one of the largest Indian communities on the East Coast and demand for routes with connections to India are in great demand.

 

Aircraft: A330-300 

Seats: 255 total (42 Business, 28 Premium Economy, 185 Economy) 

 

The Minneapolis flight will use the 787

28 in business class, 28 in premium economy, and 231 in economy class

[chc3]

On 9/10/2023 at 11:39 AM, MLBrumby said:

From Concourse C?

Yes.

[Nothingspectacular]

10 hours ago, Binbin98 said:

This is what happens when the MNAA stalls with building their international arrivals building, international airlines won’t come. 
 

Originally the IAB was supposed to be completed this spring and if that happened I believe we would have seen another airline come in by now. Maybe next year that will happen. I do not believe Raleigh has the passengers to support all of these flights and I think eventually one will fold personally. 
 

Thankfully I live in a place now (London) where I don’t have to worry about lack of direct routes to anywhere. I quite frankly couldn’t live in Nashville due to the nature of what I’m studying, and I haven’t lived in Nashville since 2016 (I went from Shanghai to New York to Miami to London). This is why having a well connected airport is important.

Sorry Nashville is not your cuppa tea. It’s so awesome and highly impressive that you have lived in such worldly cities and that you no longer have to “worry” about direct routes anywhere.