Etihad Airways launches new Singapore and Brisbane services Last Saturday, September 29th, Etihad Airways launched its new three times a week service to Singapore and Brisbane, the state capital of Qeensland, Australia. The flight EY470, departed on schedule Saturday morning from Abu Dhabi airport at 10.05 am bound for Singapore before continuing to Queensland's state capital, Brisbane. Etihad now has 5 routes in South East Asia with Singapore added to Bangkok, Manila, Jakarta, and the Kuala Lumpur route launched in January 2007. Brisbane has become Ethiad's second Australian destination following the successful launch of the route to Sydney in March 2007. Pre launch seat demand for the new Singapore Brisbane route has been very strong;Ethiad report seat factors of 70% in economy and 65% in business for October, the first month of the services operation. Etihad utilises a 2 cabin A330-200 on the new route and is configured to carry 262 passengers,22 in business and 240 in economy. The UAE has been building strong cultural and business links with both Singapore and Brisbane for some years and it is envisaged the new Etihad flights will give these further consolidate these links. Outside South East Asia and Australasia Etihad has been busy launching services to several other parts of the world, since the beginning of 2007 the airline has launched services to Dublin and Milan in Europe along with two new destinations in the Indian sub continent, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram (formerly Trivandrum) in the south India state of Kerala.

Australia

Adelaide Airport (ADL)

Location. The airport is located about 4 miles (or 6km) to the west of Adelaide City centre.

Number of Terminals. 3
Address. Adelaide Airport Limited, 1 James Schofield Drive, Adelaide International Airport, South Australia 5950, Australia
Telephone. (0)8 8308 9211
Fax. (0)8 8308 9311
Website. www.aal.com.au
Time Zone. GMT + 9.5 (GMT + 10.5 from the last Sunday in October to the last Sunday in March)
Country Code. 61  read more »