BUDGET airline Jetstar will establish a new cabin crew and pilot base in Adelaide in order to offer more flights. The company will hire up to 120 new staff and base four A320 aircraft in Adelaide from March 30 next year. Jetstar Australia and New Zealand CEO David Hall said the new base would enabl...

I booked a return flight to KL for just under $300 including baggage and other extra's etc. I know they won't be the most comfortable flights but i have never been to Malaysia and for only $300 i thought, why not :) I flew with them a couple of years ago out of Melbourne. Didn't have any issues at ...

Virgin has cemented its stake in the re-named, rebadged budget airline - Tigerair Australia. Any thoughts on the implications for flights to/from Adelaide? Virgin and Tigerair. Employment? http://www.heraldsun.com.au/business/breaking-news/virgin-takes-60-stake-in-tigerair/story-fni0xqe4-1226675963...

Yes, I am aware of that but it says 'subject to government approval'. My opinion is they didn't get the approval for the direct service, so their only other option was to start it via DRW. I suppose so, I guess we will have to wait and see :cry: I sent an inquiry to Jetstar customer service a while...

There has been talk of China Southern flying to Adelaide for a while now. This is from an article dated August last year: "Tan Wangeng, the airline’s amenable president and chief executive, who is highly regarded in the Chinese political hierarchy, flagged Adelaide as the 6th port but remained ...

"The new schedule will link with international Jetstar flights to Bali and Singapore"
So is this in addition to the planned direct Bali flights or is it going to be a Darwin stopover service?

And now we wait for an all out airfare price war on the ADL-DPS route. This could become a nicely priced gateway to the rest of Asia and beyond. Too bad DPS is not really a transfer friendly airport. But then you can always have a couple of days at the beach in Bali before traveling further.

While flying on Jetsar this morning I noticed in their magazine that they have services commencing from Adelaide to Denpsaar from July this year. Thanks for this Norman :) Do you have any photos of it? This is a link to the Jetstar online magazine for the month of May. It does say ADL-DPS commencin...