More international flights inbound for SA

From 29 October 2023 Singapore Airlines will also start flying B787-10 Dreamliners to Adelaide increasing capacity by 34 seats per flight, a 11% increase.

In addition, Singapore Airlines has announced additional 4 flights a week to Adelaide between December 2023 and January 2024. This will increase daily flights to 11 per week with an additional 18,180 seats which translates to a 53% increase.

The announcement comes after the recent positive news for Adelaide Airport as several international and domestic airlines either introduce or increase services to South Australia.

REX will commence their inaugural Brisbane services on 30 October.

Batik Air Indonesia will commence Indonesian services on 8 November (adding to their Malaysian operations). The airline has announced four new weekly services from Denpasar to Adelaide from November. Batik Air will be SA's first international carrier serving multiple direct destinations.

In addition, VietJet will operate five services a week next month.

The new flights connecting Vietnam to South Australia will begin on November 21, offering greater access to key tourism and trade markets in Asia.

The flights will link Ho Chi Minh City - Perth - Adelaide.

This is the first time any Vietnamese airline has included Adelaide as a regular destination.

The Vietjet network offers connection options to more than 120 domestic and international destinations, allowing increased accessibility into valuable tourism markets.

As put by Zoe Bettison

Increased flight capacity is a great result for tourism and investment in SA.

As a State Government, we are focused on growing tourism and making sure South Australia is front and centre for Australians considering a holiday.

It is essential that we continue to strengthen our relationships with leading airline providers and pursue new opportunities for South Australia to secure new airlines, increase number of flights and reinstate flights that link South Australia with key tourism markets and international business hubs.

Strong growth in interstate and international expenditure over the year helped drive the state's visitor economy from $6.1 billion at June 2022 to the current level of $9.9 billion, an increase of $3.8 billion in just 12 months.

International expenditure in the state increased by 24 per cent in the last quarter alone, and is now worth $1 billion, just shy of its pre pandemic $1.2 billion.

There is huge competition across the states and territories to get a bigger slice of the tourism pie.

As a government we will continue to capitalise on the positive energy and great momentum we've seen in South Australia over the past 18 months and the increased attention we've got from overseas thanks to business events and also our hugely popular new major events so that we can take our visitor economy beyond our record breaking $9.9 billion achievement.