Aer Lingus has revealed plans for a new direct flight between Dublin Airport and Nashville, Tennessee, to launch on April 12, 2025.
This service will run four times weekly, operating on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
The announcement comes during a busy week for Irish aviation, as Ryanair also introduced two new winter routes from Cork Airport to Brussels Charleroi and Rome Ciampino airports.
Aer Lingus will use a single-aisle Airbus A321XLR aircraft for the Nashville route, a departure from the widebody A330s that typically serve major transatlantic destinations like New York and Chicago. Round-trip fares start at €499, and bookings are already available online.
This news follows the upcoming launch of Aer Lingus’s new service between Dublin Airport and Las Vegas, with the first flight scheduled for October 25, 2024.
Nashville, known as the home of country music, is one of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S., attracting visitors to landmarks like the Grand Ole Opry, Music Row, and Ryman Auditorium. Susanne Carberry, Aer Lingus’s Chief Customer Officer, highlighted the city’s booming industries, including fashion, finance, healthcare, and automotive, as additional attractions for business travelers.
This new route brings Aer Lingus’s transatlantic services to 23, following the recent introduction of flights to Denver, Colorado, and the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, earlier this year.
Last year, the airline also added a Cleveland, Ohio route and resumed its Hartford, Connecticut service, expanding opportunities for both tourism and business.
Doug Kreulen, President and CEO of the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA), commented on the new service, calling the pairing of Nashville’s vibrant music scene and Dublin’s rich cultural history a natural fit.
Aer Lingus continues to invest heavily in Dublin Airport as a hub for onward connections to 22 European destinations, further enhancing its transatlantic offerings.
The airport also provides the advantage of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Preclearance facilities for smoother travel.
In other aviation news, Ryanair has expanded its schedule from Cork Airport, converting its summer routes to Rome and Brussels into winter services.
The airline has also added more winter flights to Lanzarote and Manchester, with 23 routes from Cork during winter. Additionally, Ryanair has reallocated three aircraft from Dublin Airport to Italy and Poland, citing Dublin’s 32 million passenger cap, which airlines and the Dublin Airport Authority (daa) are lobbying to increase.
Meanwhile, Ireland West Airport has announced a new summer 2025 charter service from Groningen, Netherlands, operated by Emerald Airlines. The weekly service will run every Saturday for 13 weeks, beginning on June 7, 2025, in partnership with Dutch tour operator BBI Travel.
