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China Southern flight CZ663, operated by Airbus A330-200 B-6135 receives an ARFF monitor cross after arriving in Adelaide. (Adelaide Airport/Simon Casson)

Adelaide Airport keen on nonstop US flights after welcoming China Southern inaugural service

December 13, 2016 16 comment

Adelaide Airport Ltd (AAL), having just achieved its ambition of securing nonstop service into mainland China, will turn its attention to targeting nonstop flights to the US. AAL chief executive Mark Young said the advent of the Boeing 787 provided the opportunity for nonstop flights between Adelaide and the US west coast. This content is available exclusively to

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An artist's impression of the proposed Atura Hotel at Adelaide Airport. (Adelaide Airport)

Adelaide Airport to boost passenger facilities with new airport hotel

October 23, 2016 4 comment

Adelaide Airport will have a new on-site hotel by the end of 2018 as part of efforts to add new facilities for passengers and create more business opportunities for firms based at the airport. The 165-room Atura hotel will be built next to the passenger terminal, at a cost of about $50 million, Adelaide Airport

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Adelaide's air traffic control tower features the new INTAS suite. (Airservices)

Adelaide Airport reports decline in net profit for 2015/16

October 21, 2016 1 comment

Adelaide Airport (AAL) has suffered a fall in profit for 2015/16, despite an increase in revenue. The airport said net profit after tax fell 15 per cent to $31 million, from $36.5 million in the previous year, with the decline blamed largely on a lower increase in property values. This content is available exclusively to

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Qatar Airways flight QR914 touches down in Adelaide. (Seth Jaworski)

Perth named as Qatar’s next Australian A350 destination

May 4, 2016 1 comment

Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker says Perth is the likely next Australian destination to receive the Airbus A350-900. Although Al Baker declined to say when Qatar’s Perth-Doha service – currently served with Boeing 777-300ERs – would switch to the A350, he noted late deliveries of the new Airbus widebody had pushed back some route changes in the

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Qatar Airways flight QR914 touches down in Adelaide. (Seth Jaworski)

Adelaide receives Australia’s first A350 flight

May 3, 2016 5 comment

Adelaide has welcomed Australia’s first scheduled Airbus A350-900 passenger flight, with Qatar Airways QR914 touching down in the City of Churches a few minutes before 1600 local time on Tuesday. The inaugural service, operated by A7-ALH, covered the 6,109nm journey between Doha and Adelaide in a little under 13 hours and landed about half an

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Minister unveils first Challenger SAR jets for AMSA

January 27, 2016 8 comment

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss has unveiled the first Bombardier Challenger 604 which will replace Aerorescue Dorniers for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s (AMSA) search and rescue operations. On Wednesday, Truss inspected the first of four Challenger 604s, which was currently being fitted for SAR at Cobham Aviation Services’s hangar

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