Singapore Airlines -- 40 years flying to Adelaide
 

This news is almost two weeks old, but anyway...

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.

https://www.premier.sa.gov.au/media-...40-years-in-sa

40 years to BNE a couple of weeks ago too.

Singapore Airlines, I still call Australia home!

SQ decimates QF with frequency to every capital city in Straya plus Cairns! Oh except that Capital of Straya place.

Great flight times, brilliant service and fantastic connections to the world.

Why anyone chooses Qantas on a international flight is beyond me.

why not you can soon fly e190 from adl to singapore via darwin, game changer

Hilarious!
(Hmm, I hope that is a joke, now I reflect on it)

The FF program just got 'enhanced' today as well.

Glad I ditched QF for SQ a few years back. No complaints.

Thats if it actually starts this time. Last time it was announced it didn’t even take off.

I’m actually surprised this isn’t slated for NJ and the A220 over the Alliance E190’s.

The only half decent thing about the proposed schedule is one way is awesome timing, the other way the ugly red eye.

:)

Just popped in to see if this SQ thread was about QF yet.

Well done team, carry on..

Considering you can’t even fly QF Adelaide - Singapore direct I reckon this one is fair game to play!

https://theshovel.com.au/2024/04/09/...book-any-seat/

"New Improved Qantas Frequent Flyer Program Lets You Book Any Seat You Want in Row 34 on Flights Leaving Between 11:15pm and 11:30pm on Tuesdays in June 2029"

Qantas has announced an exciting new update to its frequent flyer program, saying the new system will make it even easier for passengers to access rewards seats on flights to obscure destinations late at night in five years’ time.

Billed as a major overhaul of the program, the company said passengers could now access any seat they wanted in the row next to the toilets, on selected flights to selected destinations.

“We want to say thank you to the millions of Australians who have spent years saving up their Qantas points by giving them the opportunity to battle it out for one of twelve seats across three flights. That’s three more seats than were available under the previous system – an increase of over 30%” a company statement read.

Under the program customers can use the points they have earned on previous travel or credit card purchases to access flights for free. “For example, Qantas customers can now fly from Melbourne to Singapore for just 110,000 points. Plus just $9,000 in fees. Sorry, correction, those seats have now been taken,” the statement explained.

In addition to regular award seat increases, Qantas said it would release millions of extra seats on flights departing on 29 February each year.

SQ were a damn sight better than QF when it came to getting Australians home, and keeping the country connected during the pandemic.

They don’t give you iPads as IFE either.

My thoughts exactly.

Perhaps they have not experienced the alternative.