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Flight CX173 from Hong Kong touched down in Adelaide shortly before 10:20am on Wednesday aboard the A350-900 B-LRJ, returning as CX174 two hours later. The non-stop flights will operate three times per week until 27 March 2026.
The early-morning flight QF1972 to Canberra, on board wet-leased Alliance E190 VH-UZI, made a PAN call after the pilots detected smoke in the flight deck, and turned back to Adelaide. The flight, which had several Liberal politicians on board, landed safely at around 6:20am.
The second meeting of creditors on Tuesday greenlit the Deed of Company Arrangement proposed by Air T, encompassing Rex’s regional Saab 340 operations as well as a number of the group’s subsidiaries.
The FIFO, wet lease and charter operator in earnings guidance this month said it expected its EBITDA for the year ending 30 June 2026 to be “materially lower than analyst consensus estimates”, at around $190–$210 million.
China’s second-largest carrier will fly three times per week return from Shanghai to Adelaide starting in mid-2026 using wide-body aircraft. It is the first non-stop connection between the world’s third-largest city and South Australia.
The low-cost carrier will launch new flights from Avalon to Bali next March, along with restoring its former Avalon–Adelaide service and rolling out more capacity to Brisbane. It is the first time international flights will have operated from Avalon since early 2020.
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