Airline had offered similar service to New York City from 2006-08

JetBlue Airways officials have announced the airline is adding service to Nashville International Airport with nonstop flights to New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.

The flights will operate twice daily starting April 28, according to a release, and will restart a connection JetBlue serviced from 2006 to 2008.

“JetBlue’s new service to New York City is a welcome addition,” Butch Spyridon, president and CEO of Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp., said in the release. “New York has become our number three market for visitation, and the direct service gives us an opportunity to grow one of the largest and best markets in the country.”

In mid-2015, Nashville International Airport officials announced that JetBlue Airways would provide twice-daily nonstop service to Boston and daily nonstop service to Fort Lauderdale.

JetBlue will operate the new Nashville route service using its Airbus A320 aircraft.

Based in Long Island City, New York, JetBlue is a low-cost carrier that ranks among the nation’s 10 largest airlines based on passengers carried.

