News & Discussion: Adelaide Airport & Airlines

[Ho Really]

Also didn't Air Asia fly to Adelaide pre covid?

You are referring to flights to Kuala Lumpur.

It's good news though, Jetstar currently have the monopoly with flights to Bali. Hopefully Virgin will recommence flights soon.

Good news for those wanting to fly on the cheap into SE Asia, but remember low cost means bugger all luggage and no full service. Virgin now with the aid of Qatar will concentrate on those flights, but of course competition is what we all want to keep fares low.

Would be great if Thai Airlines was the next airline to come here.

Mmmh. You'd think maybe something to Bangkok but they have never really showed interest. I think AAL will continue with the Japanese and Indians first. Another airline that we should also be pursuing is China Eastern (Shanghai). Enormous market!

Cheers

[Jaymz]

Also didn't Air Asia fly to Adelaide pre covid?

It's good news though, Jetstar currently have the monopoly with flights to Bali. Hopefully Virgin will recommence flights soon.

Would be great if Thai Airlines was the next airline to come here.

Yes they did and I think it was a KL flight, which didn't last very long. The check in area was on the ground level where the current National Jet check in area is.

Pretty ballsy move to take on Jetstar to Bali, who I'm sure could absorb a price war on that route.

[Pistol]

Also didn't Air Asia fly to Adelaide pre covid?

It's good news though, Jetstar currently have the monopoly with flights to Bali. Hopefully Virgin will recommence flights soon.

Would be great if Thai Airlines was the next airline to come here.

Still wishing for Cathay..

Still wishing for Vietnam Airlines
As someone on here suggested, Vietnam is a massive untapped market both from tourism and the third largest Vietnamese community in Australia.
Sydney, Melbourne and Perth are served by Vietnam Airlines. Time for Adelaide

[VinyTapestry849]

Also didn't Air Asia fly to Adelaide pre covid?

It's good news though, Jetstar currently have the monopoly with flights to Bali. Hopefully Virgin will recommence flights soon.

Would be great if Thai Airlines was the next airline to come here.

That was Air Asia X, different. Air Asia X is the long haul airline in Malaysia.

Air Asia Indonesia is a short-haul airline used in that region for mostly small hops to different countries.

[VinyTapestry849]

Also didn't Air Asia fly to Adelaide pre covid?

It's good news though, Jetstar currently have the monopoly with flights to Bali. Hopefully Virgin will recommence flights soon.

Would be great if Thai Airlines was the next airline to come here.

Still wishing for Cathay..

Still wishing for Vietnam Airlines
As someone on here suggested, Vietnam is a massive untapped market both from tourism and the third largest Vietnamese community in Australia.
Sydney, Melbourne and Perth are served by Vietnam Airlines. Time for Adelaide

Vietjet are coming back to Adelaide in the future with an a330, direct to Ho Chi Minh City.

Be patient. They are waiting on aircraft.

[VinyTapestry849]

Also didn't Air Asia fly to Adelaide pre covid?

It's good news though, Jetstar currently have the monopoly with flights to Bali. Hopefully Virgin will recommence flights soon.

Would be great if Thai Airlines was the next airline to come here.

Still wishing for Cathay..

Cathay will be back as soon as they have new parts for their aircraft that was stored in the outback, they are not fit to fly yet.

Coming back on either a330/a350-900/a350-1000

Probably next year at the earliest.

[Smithy84]

Mali just posted on twitter about meeting with the Chairman of China Eastern Airlines today about direct Adelaide-Shanghai flights.

[Simmos083]

Seems alot of activity at the moment attracting new airlines
. Could be in for a massive 6-12 months of international flights incoming

[Ho Really]

[...] Another airline that we should also be pursuing is China Eastern (Shanghai). Enormous market!

Mali just posted on twitter about meeting with the Chairman of China Eastern Airlines today about direct Adelaide-Shanghai flights.

Well there you have it. Be interesting to be the fly on the wall...what are the incentives?

Seems a lot of activity at the moment attracting new airlines. Could be in for a massive 6-12 months of international flights incoming

This makes you wonder, when will Terminal 1 be extended? How many more international airlines do we need before something happens in this regard? So if we get a Japanese airline and an Indian airline in the next 24 months, plus maybe one or two more from SE Asia, and don't forget the return of Cathay Pacific sometime in 2026 (no bookings showing up on Cathay's online reservation system or on the GDS for 2025) how much lead time do they need?

Cheers