News & Discussion: Adelaide Airport & Airlines

[bm7500]

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

[Dazzeland]

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

Let us know how it goes

[fifty]

From my Asian base, I've booked a sweet D7 itinerary to KUL for the F1 weekend (Mar 21-23) followed by KUL-ADL for the Showdown weekend (Mar 29th). All for $600 return. The KUL-ADL return leg came to $400 incl baggage and exit row seats.

[ruski17]

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 all, great airline. If you are flying as a couple it would pay to get the back 5 or so rows either side of the aircraft, as they go from 3-3-3 to 2-3-2 so you will not have anyone sit next to you. They charge $15 to choose your seats per seat per sector, well worth the money.

Just booked my flights in April, $199 return, can't complain about that

[Brucetiki]

I wonder if the planes they use for Adelaide-KL will have the kid-free section they've got on some of their planes? If so, I'd use them purely for that.

[Norman]

Just thought I'd add in the performance figures for Emirates and a few other airlines for the past few months, to get an idea just how our international flights are faring. May 2013 brought another 21% increase in international passengers over 2012, which is just fantastic to see. Anyway, onto the statistics:

Emirates:

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Month	 From 	   To	   Pass.    Freight
Nov-12	Adelaide	Dubai	6,435	 422.4
Dec-12	Adelaide	Dubai	9,739	 406.2
Jan-13	Adelaide	Dubai	10,541	381.2
Feb-13	Adelaide	Dubai	10,007	660.9
Mar-13	Adelaide	Dubai	11,493	386.2
Apr-13	Adelaide	Dubai	13,715	318.5
May-13	Adelaide	Dubai	15,103	288.8

Air New Zealand

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Month	 From 	   To	      Pass.   Freight
Jan-12	Adelaide	Auckland	8,043	26.5
Feb-12	Adelaide	Auckland	5,532	35.3
Mar-12	Adelaide	Auckland	6,802	25.3
Apr-12	Adelaide	Auckland	6,537	26.4
May-12	Adelaide	Auckland	4,375	20.5
Jun-12	Adelaide	Auckland	4,215	24.7
Jul-12	Adelaide	Auckland	5,244	29.2
Aug-12	Adelaide	Auckland	4,409	27.5
Sep-12	Adelaide	Auckland	5,348	26.5
Oct-12	Adelaide	Auckland	6,047	29.7
Nov-12	Adelaide	Auckland	6,819	37.2
Dec-12	Adelaide	Auckland	7,550	38.7
Jan-13	Adelaide	Auckland	7,805	27.7
Feb-13	Adelaide	Auckland	5,516	37.2
Mar-13	Adelaide	Auckland	7,020	33.2
Apr-13	Adelaide	Auckland	7,453	28.2
May-13	Adelaide	Auckland	4,471	16.2

Virgin Australia

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Month	 From 	   To	      Pass.   Freight
Jan-12	Adelaide	Denpasar	5,643	0.0
Feb-12	Adelaide	Denpasar	3,977	0.0
Mar-12	Adelaide	Denpasar	4,249	0.0
Apr-12	Adelaide	Denpasar	4,739	0.0
May-12	Adelaide	Denpasar	5,538	0.0
Jun-12	Adelaide	Denpasar	6,494	0.0
Jul-12	Adelaide	Denpasar	6,780	0.0
Aug-12	Adelaide	Denpasar	6,592	0.0
Sep-12	Adelaide	Denpasar	6,213	0.0
Oct-12	Adelaide	Denpasar	6,101	0.0
Nov-12	Adelaide	Denpasar	5,794	0.0
Dec-12	Adelaide	Denpasar	5,445	0.0
Jan-13	Adelaide	Denpasar	5,146	0.0
Feb-13	Adelaide	Denpasar	5,211	0.0
Mar-13	Adelaide	Denpasar	5,492	0.0
Apr-13	Adelaide	Denpasar	4,601	0.0
May-13	Adelaide	Denpasar	5,498	0.0

Cathay Pacific

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Month	 From 	   To	       Pass.   Freight
Jan-12	Adelaide	Hong Kong	8,950	273.9
Feb-12	Adelaide	Hong Kong	7,718	260.6
Mar-12	Adelaide	Hong Kong	7,806	282.0
Apr-12	Adelaide	Hong Kong	7,067	241.3
May-12	Adelaide	Hong Kong	5,672	298.8
Jun-12	Adelaide	Hong Kong	5,894	324.6
Jul-12	Adelaide	Hong Kong	6,668	318.1
Aug-12	Adelaide	Hong Kong	5,995	333.5
Sep-12	Adelaide	Hong Kong	5,840	349.0
Oct-12	Adelaide	Hong Kong	5,294	336.9
Nov-12	Adelaide	Hong Kong	5,554	240.1
Dec-12	Adelaide	Hong Kong	6,020	239.3
Jan-13	Adelaide	Hong Kong	5,275	182.3
Feb-13	Adelaide	Hong Kong	4,646	181.7
Mar-13	Adelaide	Hong Kong	5,087	185.9
Apr-13	Adelaide	Hong Kong	4,919	203.4
May-13	Adelaide	Hong Kong	4,157	279.0

Malaysia Airlines

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Month	 From 	   To	          Pass.    Freight
Jan-12	Adelaide	Kuala Lumpur	12,075	163.1
Feb-12	Adelaide	Kuala Lumpur	10,304	199.5
Mar-12	Adelaide	Kuala Lumpur	11,479	291.9
Apr-12	Adelaide	Kuala Lumpur	11,695	359.4
May-12	Adelaide	Kuala Lumpur	 9,470	338.5
Jun-12	Adelaide	Kuala Lumpur	11,463	471.5
Jul-12	Adelaide	Kuala Lumpur	11,755	448.8
Aug-12	Adelaide	Kuala Lumpur	10,641	652.1
Sep-12	Adelaide	Kuala Lumpur	11,601	423.3
Oct-12	Adelaide	Kuala Lumpur	11,479	551.3
Nov-12	Adelaide	Kuala Lumpur	10,948	424.2
Dec-12	Adelaide	Kuala Lumpur	14,300	376.8
Jan-13	Adelaide	Kuala Lumpur	13,456	274.0
Feb-13	Adelaide	Kuala Lumpur	11,229	369.6
Mar-13	Adelaide	Kuala Lumpur	11,506	357.2
Apr-13	Adelaide	Kuala Lumpur	12,740	281.6
May-13	Adelaide	Kuala Lumpur	11,061	389.3

Singapore Airlines/Qantas

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Month	 From 	   To	       Pass.    Freight
Jan-12	Adelaide	Singapore	27,026	712.0
Feb-12	Adelaide	Singapore	19,946	859.6
Mar-12	Adelaide	Singapore	21,296	895.5
Apr-12	Adelaide	Singapore	21,678	650.6
May-12	Adelaide	Singapore	20,181	971.0
Jun-12	Adelaide	Singapore	21,241	689.1
Jul-12	Adelaide	Singapore	25,821	851.6
Aug-12	Adelaide	Singapore	21,720	846.1
Sep-12	Adelaide	Singapore	26,036	744.6
Oct-12	Adelaide	Singapore	24,771	759.6
Nov-12	Adelaide	Singapore	23,075	879.9
Dec-12	Adelaide	Singapore	26,938	910.0
Jan-13	Adelaide	Singapore	28,025	667.0
Feb-13	Adelaide	Singapore	21,323	664.2
Mar-13	Adelaide	Singapore	20,626	666.4
Apr-13	Adelaide	Singapore	20,138	643.3
May-13	Adelaide	Singapore	14,618	858.8

[obama95]

Great to see Emirates growing as each month goes by

[Alyx]

A Qantas A380 has been diverted to Adelaide this morning. It arrived just after 5:00AM on flight QF10, which operates between London and Melbourne via Dubai.

[bm7500]

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

Let us know how it goes

It's not until next year, but i will be happy too

Thanks ruski17 as a self confessed aerosexual, i'm all over the best seats on the plane and have actually booked the seats down the back for that very reason.

And Brucetiki the A330's that will be flying to ADL do have the quiet section up the front.

[fifty]

I wonder if the planes they use for Adelaide-KL will have the kid-free section they've got on some of their planes? If so, I'd use them purely for that.

Confirmed, they do. For the itinerary I just booked, I actually went for a normal exit row seat on the overnight flight down to ADL because I'm quite tall, can't sleep in a normal chair, and even kids have to sleep at some point. But for the return, day-time flight, I chose Quiet Zone.

[Ho Really]

AirAsia X bus ads shock Adelaide and force withdrawal
Peter Needham

AirAsia X is known for its cheeky advertising campaigns but the latest one has gone too far. Too far for Adelaide and South Australia, anyway.

The ads emblazoned on the back of Adelaide buses crossed an unwritten boundary, venturing into territory that the South Australian Government considered beyond the pale. Yet there’s nothing raunchy or sexual about the ads.

The point is that the airline’s ads mention the unmentionable – daring to highlight the fact that flying from Adelaide to Kuala Lumpur is actually cheaper than flying from Adelaide to Kangaroo Island. Or at least, it will become so when AirAsia X begins services in October.

AirAsia X is the medium and long-haul operation of AirAsia. AirAsia has run cheeky campaigns before, like the one pictured at right, which pokes lighthearted fun at rival carrier Tiger in Tiger’s home market of Singapore. But the Adelaide campaign has really stirred the possum.



Opposition Leader Steven Marshall said the promotion would harm local tourism and that the ads should never have appeared.

“Taking a swipe at our great tourist attractions in South Australia is completely unacceptable when they’re advertising on the back of state assets, that is State Government buses,” he told the ABC.

“Our tourism operators are doing it tough at the moment. There’s no doubt about it. It’s a slow market.”

Marshall said it seemed “an incredible situation” when the SA state government was spending millions of dollars each year promoting its tourism attractions “only to then spoil it all by allowing other people to take a swipe at our great tourist attractions here in South Australia.”

As an afterthought, Marshall told the Australian: “If they want to have a go, why don’t they say it’s cheaper to fly to KL than it is to fly to Melbourne?”

SA Tourism Minister Leon Bignell said the Government spoke to the airline as soon as it learned of the advertisements and the airline had agreed to remove them. They were being taken down immediately, Bignell said.

AirAsia X will begin direct flights between Kuala Lumpur and Adelaide from late October.

The fact that it will then become cheaper to fly to KL than to Kangaroo Island from Adelaide is astounding. But in AirAsia X’s case, it would seem that truth is no defence.

Global Travel Media

Anyone got an image of the ads.

Cheers

[Dazzeland]

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AirAsia X bus ads shock Adelaide and force withdrawal
Peter Needham

AirAsia X is known for its cheeky advertising campaigns but the latest one has gone too far. Too far for Adelaide and South Australia, anyway.

The ads emblazoned on the back of Adelaide buses crossed an unwritten boundary, venturing into territory that the South Australian Government considered beyond the pale. Yet there’s nothing raunchy or sexual about the ads.

The point is that the airline’s ads mention the unmentionable – daring to highlight the fact that flying from Adelaide to Kuala Lumpur is actually cheaper than flying from Adelaide to Kangaroo Island. Or at least, it will become so when AirAsia X begins services in October.

AirAsia X is the medium and long-haul operation of AirAsia. AirAsia has run cheeky campaigns before, like the one pictured at right, which pokes lighthearted fun at rival carrier Tiger in Tiger’s home market of Singapore. But the Adelaide campaign has really stirred the possum.



Opposition Leader Steven Marshall said the promotion would harm local tourism and that the ads should never have appeared.

“Taking a swipe at our great tourist attractions in South Australia is completely unacceptable when they’re advertising on the back of state assets, that is State Government buses,” he told the ABC.

“Our tourism operators are doing it tough at the moment. There’s no doubt about it. It’s a slow market.”

Marshall said it seemed “an incredible situation” when the SA state government was spending millions of dollars each year promoting its tourism attractions “only to then spoil it all by allowing other people to take a swipe at our great tourist attractions here in South Australia.”

As an afterthought, Marshall told the Australian: “If they want to have a go, why don’t they say it’s cheaper to fly to KL than it is to fly to Melbourne?”

SA Tourism Minister Leon Bignell said the Government spoke to the airline as soon as it learned of the advertisements and the airline had agreed to remove them. They were being taken down immediately, Bignell said.

AirAsia X will begin direct flights between Kuala Lumpur and Adelaide from late October.

The fact that it will then become cheaper to fly to KL than to Kangaroo Island from Adelaide is astounding. But in AirAsia X’s case, it would seem that truth is no defence.

Global Travel Media

Anyone got an image of the ads.

Cheers

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[Ho Really]

Thanks Dazzleland. Who's their ad agency? They even got Victor Harbor wrong... ...or is that on purpose?

Cheers

[pablomoderno]

I reckon anyone going from Canberra to Dubai via Adelaide has rocks in their head.

Yes, transferring in Sydney is not nice, but the 10-across in economy Emirates 777 would have nothing on the Emirates A380 or Qantas A380 you get ex Sydney.

Last night I flew in from Sydney on Qantas and there were passengers continuing to Dubai, so it's not just Canberrans making use of the service.

And this is despite an Emirates flight leaving Sydney at 9pm in the evening - it must be full or people just book through Adelaide because it's cheaper?

I've flown the CBR - ADL - DXB - ADL - CBR route several times now. Transferring through ADL is a dream compared to SYD and the flight time ex CBR is goldilocks "just right" to catch the evening EK service to DXB and beyond. If you've had to transit between SYD terminals as many times as I have you will know why the ADL option is preferred. And you can't stock up on Fruchocs in SYD like you can in Adelaide.

Yes economy on the EK 777 300ER is cramped, and 10 abreast is a depressingly tight. But economy is economy and I've been just as uncomfortable - if not more so - when wedged into economy on a jammed-packed A380 for 14 hours. The 777-300ER is an impressive piece of equipment that undertakes the long haul flight effortlessly. The travel time ADL - DXB is also up to about an hour shorter than SYD - DXB; and CBR - SYD - DXB just feels like backtracking, even if it isn't. On one or two occasions I was lucky enough to experience light loads the DXB - ADL sector and it was very comfortable flying indeed. By the looks of it though, pax loads of EK ex ADL are increasing month by month so chances of stretching out across three or four seats are probably diminishing at an equivalent rate. I am happy enough to continue using this option. In the meantime SYD airport needs to seriously lift its game.

[Maximus]

International airline activity for FY2013 has just been released. International passengers through Adelaide grew by 14.7% to 709,469. This was second (growth-wise) only to Gold Coast, which grew by 21.7% to 882,536.

Other cities:
- Perth (+7.8% to 3,741,600)
- Sydney (+5.1% to 12,633,127)
- Melbourne (+5.0% to 6,988,583)
- Brisbane (+0.6% to 4,547,234).