ADL close to securing more international flights

[Eric V]

Finally!!! heres the link
http://airlineroute.net/2012/07/04/ek-w12new/

[MichaelC]

The initial schedule is:

Adelaide (4 weekly flights beginning 1 st November 2012)

EK 440 departs Dubai on a Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday at 0155hrs and arrives in Adelaide at 2045hrs – using a Boeing 777-300ER in a three class configuration.

Source is Emirates website:

http://www.emirates.com/english/about/n ... cle=914489

[Brad C]

Direct? Excellent...

[Andy O]

Good news. Going to need to be the best on-time departure performance ever!!!!

[Brad C]

0525 arrival into DXB will allow connection with EK001 to LHR at 0730, meaning ADL-LHR in under 24hrs!

[paul.h]

Will they be allowed to break curfew and depart after 11pm if they are running late?

[James L]

Highly doubt it...

[Tony Haynes]

Sq Cargo and a few other airlines have been allowed to depart after curfew in the past. Im sure if the delay is minimal, the Ek flight will be allowed to depart.

[PeteB]

Problem may be, it'd probably be a regular thing...unlike the sq flights.
Pete

[Tony Haynes]

I think 2 hours and 15 minutes is ample time to turn around a 777. Sure it may get delayed now and then but not every night. look at Sydney with all the international flights in there at night. How many of them get delayed , i bet you not many.

[mark.r]

What the link to the EK announcement doesn't say is that from
01/02/2013 EK440 will be a daily service....Cheers Mark

[Stefan J Perkas]

Evening all,

There is a double page spread about Adelaide Airport in September's issue of Australian Avaiation, which I received in the mail today.

Chief Executive Mark Young talks about the progress of the airport and the future of the airport in temrs of airlines and infrastructure.

He states that now Emriates are starting services, which covers the middle East. THe airports next focus is China and South East Asia. He continues to mention that China is priority (In my opinion, We should be seeing China Southern here by this time or at the end of next year). There is also a compelling case for a direct Adelaide-Bangkok service.

Another remianing prospect is Garuda coming back, but still a long way off. Future aspirations is to centre on direct flights to the US and India.

[markr]

Dont forget QF and or EK are looking at ADL-AKL soon as part of the hookup.

[Brandon Giacomin]

From airlineroute.net

Singapore Airlines from 03JUL13 is increasing Singapore – Adelaide operation, where it’ll raise overall frequencies from 10 to 12 weekly.

Schedule:

SQ277 SIN0735 – 1550ADL 333 x23
SQ279 SIN2355 – 0810+1ADL 333 D

SQ278 ADL1140 – 1735SIN 333 D
SQ276 ADL1705 – 2300SIN 333 x23

http://airlineroute.net/2012/10/23/sq-adl-jul13/

[Stefan J Perkas]

Evening all,

Singapore Airlines have changed schedules on their afternoon flights from this week. The Tuesday flight is no more and has been changed to Friday's.

SQ279 Dep SIN 2355 Arr ADL 0910+1
SQ278 Dep ADL1240 Arr SIN 1735
(Operates Daily)

SQ277 Dep SIN 0735 Arr ADL 1650
SQ276 Dep ADL 1805 Arr SIN 2300
(Operates now on Monday, Friday and Saturday)