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Nashville International Airport

Nashville’s airport could become ‘Trump International’ under new bill

Marianna Bacallao

January 17, 2025

The proposal from Rep. Todd Warner comes two years after statehouse Republican clashed with Nashville over control of its Airport Authority Board.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, BNA, Donald Trump, General Assembly, John Lewis, legislature, Nashville International Airport, Tennessee Legislature, tnleg, tnpol, Todd Warner, Zulfat Suara

Amid BNA’s holiday rush and expansion, travelers find little touches smooth the experience

Katherine Ceicys

November 26, 2024

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Nashville International Airport is getting ready for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: BNA, Nashville International Airport, Southwest Airlines

Traveling? What’s new at BNA

Katherine Ceicys

November 19, 2024

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The holidays are on their way, and thousands of travelers will be flying in and out of Nashville before the end of the year. You might be one of them.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Nashville International Airport, Southwest Airlines, Transportation Security Administration

Rideshare drivers strike at Nashville airport as Labor Day travel begins

Rose Gilbert

August 30, 2024

Members of the newly formed Tennessee Drivers Union are on strike for better pay and better conditions.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Labor unions, lyft, Nashville International Airport, transit, uber

Tennessee flights, businesses, government offices affected by international tech outage

Char Daston

July 19, 2024

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Several airlines are unable to take off from Nashville International Airport after a ground stop order from the Federal Aviation Administration.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: 911, BlueCross BlueShield, Nashville International Airport, technology, Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration, Tennessee Department of Safety, Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, Williamson County

NashVillager Podcast: April 1, 2024

Nina Cardona

April 1, 2024

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What’s going on with the airport these days? 

Filed Under: NashVillager Podcast Tagged With: Nashville International Airport

‘They’re taking history away from us’: Monell’s at the Manor patrons oppose its impending demolition

Cynthia Abrams

March 22, 2024

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At Monell’s at the Manor meals are heightened by the grandeur of the setting: an old, Greek Revival-style mansion. There’s a chance that it may not be around much longer.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Airport Authority, Donelson, MNAA, Monell's, Monell's at the Manor, Murfreesboro Pike, Nashville International Airport, Russ Bradford

Nashville will retake control of its airport authority board, court rules

Marianna BacallaoandRose Gilbert

October 31, 2023

A three-judge panel ruled against a new state law that would have limited the number of board appointments Nashville’s mayor can make and given the state legislature the ability to appoint the majority of seats.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: BNA, Nashville International Airport, tnleg

Nashville sues to stop state takeover of the airport authority, citing home rule

Blaise Gainey

June 13, 2023

Metro Nashville is suing Gov. Bill Lee and Republican leaders of the General Assembly over a new law reforming the Airport Authority board. The suit contends that the law violates the state constitution’s home rule and equal protection clause.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, Metro Government, Nashville International Airport

Republican lawmakers push ahead with takeover of Nashville airport

Blaise Gainey

March 15, 2023

Tennessee Republicans are moving toward exercising another lever to control Nashville’s government, advancing a measure that would take away nearly all mayoral appointments to Nashville’s Airport Authority Board. 

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Music City Center, Nashville International Airport, Nashville Metro Council, Tennessee General Assembly, tnleg, tnpol

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