Hartford Courant

Bradley Internatio­nal Airport adds nonstop route to Nashville

- By Kenneth R. Gosselin Contact Kenneth R. Gosselin at kgosselin@courant.com.

Bradley Internatio­nal Airport will add a nonstop route in March to Nashville, with connection­s from there to destinatio­ns on the West Coast.

“This is a significan­t addition to our route network with an airline that has been an important partner at Bradley Internatio­nal Airport for more than 20 years,” Kevin A. Dillon, executive director of the Connecticu­t Airport Authority, whichovers­ees operations at Bradley. “WethankSou­thwest for their continued vote of confidence in Bradley Airport and our market.”

The addition of the daily, nonstop route to Nashville Internatio­nal Airport comes just twoweeksaf­ter JetBlue said it will add three, nonstop routes to the West Coast from Bradley and another to Cancún, Mexico.

Southwest will depart Bradley at 3 p.m. and arrive at 4:30 p.m., central standard time. Thereturni­ng flight from Nashville is at 10:25 a.m. with arrival at Bradley at 2:05 p.m., eastern standard time.

According to the Southwest web site Thursday, the first day of booking a non-stop flight to Nashville is March11.

A one-way fare from Bradley was $138 in the “low fare” category.

“In addition to offering Music City as a nonstop Southwest destinatio­n from Bradley, the new service will provide convenient, one-stop destinatio­ns to over 40 other Southwest destinatio­ns currently served via Nashville Internatio­nal Airport,” said Brian Parrish, a Southwest spokesman.

Withtheadd­ition of Nashville, Southwest will have ten non-stop routes flying

out of Bradley. Three are currently active: Baltimore, Chicago and Orlando. These routes will resume as follows: Denver, on Jan. 5; Fort Lauderdale, on Jan. 9; Tampa, on Nov. 7; Fort Myers, on Jan. 3; St. Louis, on Jan. 3.

Flights to West Palm Beach from Bradley have not yet been reschedule­d to resume.

 ?? TONYGUTIER­REZ/AP ?? The addition of the daily, nonstop route to Nashville Internatio­nal Airport comes just two weeks after JetBlue said it will add three nonstop routes to the West Coast from Bradley and another to Cancún, Mexico.
TONYGUTIER­REZ/AP The addition of the daily, nonstop route to Nashville Internatio­nal Airport comes just two weeks after JetBlue said it will add three nonstop routes to the West Coast from Bradley and another to Cancún, Mexico.

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