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Adelaide’s longest-serving international airline, Singapore Airlines, will celebrate 40 years of flying to and from South Australia’s capital city – as data shows the airline generates nearly $100 million in tourism spend for the state each year.
Singapore Airlines will mark 40 years this Sunday, March 31. The airline’s inaugural service, a Boeing 747, landed in Adelaide on March 31 in 1984, less than 18 months after the opening of Adelaide Airport’s international terminal.
Data from the South Australian Tourism Commission shows the tourism expenditure of daily direct Singapore Airlines’ flights is estimated to generate $96 million for the state per year.
These figures are set to grow with plans by the airline to increase its flights to Adelaide to 10 per week in October.
Singapore Airlines has strongly supported the South Australian market since it started flying to Adelaide in 1984 and has operated continuously other than for a short period in 2020 at the height of the COVID pandemic.
In October 2023, the carrier upgraded its aircraft on the Singapore-Adelaide route from the 303-seat Airbus A350 to the 337-seat Boeing 787 (Dreamliner).
Singapore is currently South Australia’s 4th largest market in terms of visitor expenditure.
Data from Tourism Research Australia shows the state welcomed 15,000 visitors from Singapore in the year-ending December 2023.
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