Australian Aviation

Starting on 27 October 2024, Sydney will see an additional daily 777-300ER flight at 6:45am, while Adelaide will have a new 787-10 service on Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday, taking its SIA services to 10 per week. Both will be available for the six-month northern winter period.

The airline will not fly between Auckland and Hobart from 5 April to allow for necessary maintenance on the engines powering its A320neo and A321neo aircraft, which is needed due to a “rare condition” involving the powder metal used for certain parts.

The airline has restarted flights between Hangzhou and Sydney, with an additional leg from Sydney to Auckland as of Monday. Additionally, starting 28 November, China Eastern will fly three return services per week between Sydney and Jinan, in China’s Shandong province.

From 31 January, the Malaysian low-cost carrier will end its trans-Tasman flights from Sydney, with services from Kuala Lumpur to Auckland connecting instead through the Gold Coast starting on 3 February. The airline will fly three times weekly between the Gold Coast and Auckland.

The airport, which recently finished a $200 million terminal expansion, is looking to entice airlines such as Cathay Pacific, China Southern, and Emirates back to Adelaide. The retail space from the terminal expansion has been fully leased and is expected to be completely open by year’s end.

The 800-metre Deborah Lawrie Flyover, part of the $2.6 billion Sydney Gateway project, passes over Sir Reginald Ansett Drive to the domestic terminals, and is slated to open this weekend. Lawrie famously won a 10-month legal battle against Ansett’s refusal to hire women as pilots in the 1970s.