adam73837 wrote:
Edgar wrote:But there has to have enough demand for all those mentioned airlines to want to fly into Adelaide. There really is no point for them to fly into Adelaide when most of their passengers are going to Sydney, and Sydney being the central hub for Australia will definitely have clear advantage over the number of airlines going through their airport.
Good point, however Sydney's Kingsford-Smith International Airport is only the central hub out of 'tradition'.
No, tradition has very little to do with it. It's the central hub because it serves Australia's largest city, so has the largest number of passengers flying direct.
Adelaide could easily became a cantral hub for Asian airlines because it is central to the other major cities of Australia -as I mentioned earlier. If our State Government, Qantas, Virgin Blue, JetStar and possibly Tiger Airways encourage this, it would prompt the airlines to do so. Why am I mentioning the major domestic airlines of Australia? Because if they organise codeshare agreements with these airlines, they could make a killing
No they couldn't.The economics of air travel are moving away from hub and spoke operation because it's just too expensive. Instead they fly to all the big destinations direct from their single operational hub in Asia (KL for Malaysia, HK for Cathay, etc). The big destinations still serve as hubs for the smaller destinations, but they no longer aggressively pursue the markets that require a connecting flight - instead they just accept that most passengers will be carried by the airlines that go there direct. There are exceptions when another large Australian city is on the way, but Adelaide is not very likely to be on the way to anywhere much. And of course the other exception is Qantas which has operational hubs in Australia, but I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually also start hubbing in Lhasa!
That prediction is just speculation based on technical issues - I haven't heard any rumours.
AND it woudn't need aircraft for longer domestic routes such Sydney to Perth and Sydney to Darwin, both of which are closer to Adelaide than to Sydney.
Yes they would, as there are passengers going from Sydney to Perth and Sydney to Darwin. Diverting them via Adelaide wastes fuel, wastes time, and wastes money.
BTW, can anyone tell me what that diagonal strip of land which goes from Tapleys Hill Road down past West Beach Road and then becomes that Golf Course? In the street directory it says 'Federal Airports Corporation', but could anyone specify this and give some more information about it, because if our runway become over utilised, there's hardly any room for expansion.
I've heard it is for emergency evacuation purposes, but I don't have any details.
And if our runway ever becomes overutilized, we can build another airport. I seem to recall they set aside land for this purpose near Two Wells. The intention then was to replace Adelaide Airport if it no longer served the city's needs, but a more likely outcome is that it will provide an alternative, in the same way that Melbourne has Avalon and Brisbane has Sunshine Coast and Coolangatta airports.
