The regional airline is referring to a line in last week’s ACCC report into market share, in which the competition commission confirmed it was assessing the impact of Virgin and Qantas increasing capacity on routes.
Passengers on two aircraft flying from Sydney to Adelaide were turned back or forced into hotel quarantine after SA made its decision to ban NSW entrants effective immediately.
The A320 services will begin in November and increase to daily trips during peak period, adding more than 100,000 seats between the cities per year.
Alliance Airlines has said it hopes to triple its annual flight hours after taking delivery of all 30 Embraer E190 aircraft, ordered at a discount last year, as it bolsters its position in the wet-lease market.
It comes as the airline anticipates to report a loss for the 2020-21 financial year of up to NS$450 million, in light of the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on the global travel market.
The flag carrier's decrease came alongside Virgin increasing its domestic share from 24 per cent to 28, with Rex holding steady at 2 per cent.