Shoulder season is officially here, marking one of the best (and often overlooked) opportunities to plan a trip to a new destination.
04.10.2024 - 19:31 / travelandleisure.com / Nils Bogason
It’s about to get easier to travel from Nashville to Europe thanks to the addition of two new direct flights to both Ireland and Iceland this spring.
To start, Aer Lingus will launch flights from Dublin to the “Music City” on April 12, 2025, according to the airline. The flights will operate four times each week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, on an Airbus A321XLR aircraft.
The new route will operate nearly year-round with a six week suspension in January and February.
“The connection between Irish and American country music runs deep and Nashville’s iconic status as the capital of country music makes it a dream destination for music lovers,” Susanne Carberry, Aer Lingus’ chief customer officer, said in a statement. “Its fast-growing fashion, finance, healthcare and automotive industries also offer plenty of opportunities for business travellers."
Travelers flying back to the United States from Dublin can take advantage of the airport’s US Pre-Clearance facility, which allows travelers to clear both U.S. Security (TSA) and U.S. Customs before flying back.
Then on May 16, 2025, Icelandair will launch flights from Nashville to Reykjavik four times each week through October, according to the carrier. These flights will operate on a Boeing 737-800 MAX aircraft on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, according to the airport.
“Our new service will… provide travelers from Iceland and Europe, connecting through Nashville, more choices throughout the US,” Bogi Nils Bogason, Icelandair’s president and CEO, said in a statement. “In addition, we encourage passengers traveling to Europe, to take an Icelandair Stopover, and explore our home. We look forward to welcoming Nashville aboard.”
With this new flight, Icelandiar will operate service to 18 different destinations in North America, including New York, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Detroit, Denver, Portland, and more.
The airline, which uses a hub-and-spoke model through Reykjavik, has made a business out of connecting smaller U.S. cities to Europe. Last week, the carrier also partnered with Southwest Airlines to offer international connections to Southwest’s customers starting next year.
Beyond these destinations, Nashville International Airport (BNA) offers flights to several international cities, including Cancun, London, Montreal, Punta Cana, and more.
Shoulder season is officially here, marking one of the best (and often overlooked) opportunities to plan a trip to a new destination.
A brand-new W hotel is coming to the Las Vegas strip, the latest development in the partnership between MGM Resorts International and Marriott International.
Newark’s airport is getting a major makeover with a pair of new and enhanced terminals to bring the aging airport into the modern era.
San Antonio and San Diego are poised to land new nonstop flight options to Washington, D.C. as soon as early next year.
In 2014, when the artist Dan McCarthy moved from Brooklyn into a converted schoolhouse in upstate New York, he decided the grand hall would be a future gathering spot for his many Facepots: large, wonky vessels decorated with a spectrum of grins and grimaces. The earliest ones, about a decade old, recall a time of emotional swings. “I hadn’t even found the clay that worked,” McCarthy says of that experimental phase, “so a lot of the pots were breaking in the kiln.” He learned to relinquish control, repairing the salvageable works using the Japanese technique known as kintsugi, in which mended seams are accented in silver or gold. The Facepots brought a new openness to McCarthy’s practice, as did the Hudson Valley. Absent the city’s pressures, he explains, “I was like a kid — on my hands and knees, lost in making a thing.” “Freedom,”a new monograph of McCarthy’s work, charts that arc, with nods to his Southern California upbringing, seen in rainbow-colored paintings of surfers and songbirds perched on guitars. Birds also animate new ceramic works in his solo exhibition at the Tokyo gallery Kosaku Kanechika, on view through Nov. 16. For McCarthy, these first faceless pots offer a shift in narrative. “Instead of a vessel, maybe it’s a nest,” he says, describing a fascination with his neighborhood birds. Kintsugi-like detailing appears on these pieces, too: Silver-leafed slabs camouflage the occasional split, while shiny rectangles evoke the little mirrors tucked inside birdcages. For the artist, fresh off his first flight to Japan, it’s a time of possibility. “I’m 62, which is old and not,” McCarthy says. “I think I’ve got another act in me. It should be an adventure.”
A presidential campaign. A hurricane. A cult-favorite cabbage slaw.
Delta Air Lines has announced that its newest premium lounge will be located at its Mountain West hub, where the carrier is boosting international service over the next year. Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) is slated to receive a Delta One lounge, as confirmed by an airline spokesperson to T+L. While the exact opening date hasn’t been shared just yet, this marks the airline's fifth Delta One lounge in the country. A step above the existing network of Delta Sky Clubs, the Delta One lounges are exclusively available to long-haul business or first-class passengers.
There’s something special about Charleston, South Carolina. Spanish moss drips from the limbs of centuries-old oaks, and the ghosts of bygone eras wander the streets on cool evening breezes. As I step through the front doors of the historic Mills House hotel, I’m quickly reminded that all of the things that make Charleston special are perfectly captured within these walls. If only they could talk.
Just four months ago, I reported that getting to Greenland from North America was getting easier than ever thanks to a brand new Air Greenland route between Arctic Canada and Nuuk, the capital of the autonomous territory. Back then, I said that the new seasonal route, which has been running since June 16 and will continue until October 23, 2024, was to revolutionize air travel between the North American continent and the largest island in the world. While true, this piece of news feels a lot less relevant since United’s recent big announcement: The airline will soon fly direct to Nuuk, Greenland, from one of the biggest air travel hub in the US.
Delta Air Lines passengers will soon begin noticing a brand-new look when they board their flights.
Pizza is first and foremost one of Italy’s trademarks - but the dish has become a firm favourite around the world.
One of the challenges of living in a prominent transit hub like New York City can be navigating your way to and from its airports.