Alaska Airlines plans to launch a daily service between Portland, Oregon and Nashville, Tennessee on 14 March 2024.
The carrier says it will be the only airline that serves this route and will be its 53rd non-stop destination from Portland.
It will operate daily flights the route using Boeing 737 aircraft. Alaska Airlines will also start a new service connecting Portland with Miami on 17 November and another seasonal service from Portland to Redmond in Oregon on 23 November.

Emirates Group has posted a net profit of $2.7 billion for its six months ended 30 September, more than doubling it from 2022's half-year profit of $1.2 billion. This was driven by strong demand for air transport across the world, which has been on an upward trajectory since the last pandemic travel restrictions were lifted, the Dubai-based group says. Revenue across the group, which includes Emirates Airline and ground-based services company Dnata, increased 20% year on year to $18.3 billion. Emirates' revenue was up 19% to $16.2 billion and profit increased 134% year on year to $2.6 billion. Dnata's revenue was up 27% to $2.5 billion as operations ramped up, and its profit increased 200% to $193 million. Emirates carried 26.1 million passengers during the period, up 31% year on year. Capacity, as measured in available seat-kilometres, was boosted 30%. "We are seeing the fruition of our plans to return stronger and better from the dark days of the pandemic," states chief executive Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, adding, "The group has surpassed previous records to report our best-ever half-year performance." The group ended the period with $11.6 billion in cash.

Airbus delivered 71 aircraft to 42 customers in October, bringing the total number of deliveries for the first 10 months in 2023 to 559 units to 81 customers. The European airframer says a total of ten widebody aircraft were delivered, including eight A350s and two A330s. Air India received two A350-900s, while Iberia, Starlux, China Eastern Airlines, Air France, Asiana Airlines, and Sichuan Airlines all received one each. One of the A330-900s was sent to Air Lease Corporation, which is scheduled to be delivered to ITA Airways, with the other being delivered to Delta Air Lines. Airbus delivered a total of 61 narrowbody aircraft in October 2023 including nine A220s to Breeze Airways, Delta Air Lines, Comlux, ITA Airways, Bulgaria Air and Air France. Out of the 23 A320neos that were delivered, four were delivered to Saudi Arabia's Flynas, and two were delivered to Spirit Airlines. Korean Air took delivery of two A321neos, with other airlines such as Vietjet Air, Air New Zealand, and Gulf Air. Airbus says that the orders so far this year have reached 1,399 aircraft with a net total of 1,334 units after cancellations. In October 2023, Airbus took orders for a total of 119 units and the largest of those orders came from United Airlines, which placed an order for 60 A321neos. Cathay Pacific also made a purchase of eight A320neos and 24 A321neos. Air Niugini, the flag carrier of Papua New Guinea, ordered six A220s. Three undisclosed customers also placed orders for eight A220s, three A321neos, and ten A350-900s.