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[edit] Jakarta as a destination

I think it would make sense that Garuda would fly direct to Jakarta and I make the edit to the destination section because on Soekarno-Hatta International Airport page, it lists that Garuda does fly to Adelaide.

According to Garuda's official website, they do not fly between any Australian city and Jakarta, so I'll remove it.

[edit] Just how busy?

I read somewhere that Adelaide airport is Australia's 4th busiest domestic airport and australia's 6th busiest international airport. Has anyone else read this?


[edit] Gold Airways?

Gold Airways has recently been added to the domestic carriers list. Unlike OzJet, i have doubts whether this airline will ever get off the ground. A quick Google search reveals no news reports about Gold Airways, and the only other mentions of it seem to be people who question the character and integrity of the proponent and his ability to launch an airline. There have been no reports of Gold Airways that I am aware of in any industry magazines/publications. I don't think that there is any evidence to warrant an encyclopaedic entry. I have less concerns with OzJet because their progress towards obtaining an AOC has been widely reported in the press and publicised by the company, I think I would rather wait until there was either a start-up date, or the company had commenced services to teh city rather than say "subject to AOC" (AOC not having been defined in the article). I'm going to delete both of them for now but am happy to discuss should people have concerns with this. Adz 06:10, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

You beat me to it Cyberjunkie. - What are your thoughts on leaving OzJet up there before they have anounced a launch date? Adz 06:13, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Sorry. I didn't realise anyone had commented on this. My main reason for reverting was because an anon had made unorthodox changes to links. Secondly, I've not heard of Gold Airways before. As for OzJet, it could perhaps be removed also, given the list is meant to indicate airlines that have currently operate here. I'll leave it to you. --Cyberjunkie | Talk 06:29, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

I think we were both editing at the same time, hence you beat me to it. I hadn't heard of Gold Airways either before it appeared here, so I went Googling. From what I have read on discussion boards, I suspect that it is a pipedream. I'd be happy with OzJet, but it doesn't appear on any other airport pages, I don't think they have published a start-up date yet, and I don't think that Adelaide will be one of their first destinations. I'll get rid of it for now, and when a start up date and routes have been discussed, i'm sure plenty of people will want to update it. Adz 07:04, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
Everyone's looking at it! - I just added "(expected early 2006)" based on this report --Scott Davis Talk 07:08, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Delay for Domestic Carriers

I think reference to the 2 month delay for domestic airlines to move into the new terminal should remain in this article even after they finally solve the problem. I would describe the delay as embarrassing and frustrating - why is this not a NPOV? Auswide 11:32, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

As an encyclopædia, we must only document, not emote. "Frustrating" and "embarrassing" are emotive words. The only way they could be included is if they were mentioned as something a credible third-party source had said, such as: "AAL chief Joe Blogs remarked that the incident was such and such (link to source)". But I doubt even that would be necessary.--cj | talk 05:50, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Well just for this discussion page, the AAL chief has admitted the delay has gone beyond being embarrassing. Here is the link [1] Auswide 12:44, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

I agree- a reference to it should still stay in the article if/when the situation is resolved. --Rachel Cakes 04:49, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rex problems

Sorry, my bad I did not fully read the article properly. Apologies to those who followed my comment here. Sorry, once again. Nicktwiggy 06:49, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

No worries. I hope that eventually the Rex concerns will become a minor footnote to the development of the new terminal, but agree that at the moment they are significant enough to be mentioned in the article. I moved things around to try and make the whole article flow better. It could still be improved, but is at the limit of my writing ability. --Scott Davis Talk 10:26, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

The article says that AAL was planning to use shuttle buses for Rex passengers, but AAL later said this was unviable. Should this be updated? I caught a Rex flight from Whyalla to Adelaide last week. Once I exited the plane, everyone boarded a small shuttle bus to take us back to the main terminal to pick up luggage. 203.23.152.2 12:11, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Philippine Airlines

Where on earth did this come from? I haven't found any articles or press releases relating to the service.

I reverted an addition a few weeks ago and it's back again. I also reverted the addition of direct flights by Garuda to Jakarta. I'm mystified. Softgrow 08:40, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
I have no idea. I searched the PR website and they say nothing. So I reverted it back. Elektrik Blue 82 11:33, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] International Destinations

To me it seems odd to list domestic destinations under the International heading simply if there's a stop over there. I know there's been a case or three in the past where these have been added and removed. It is also redundant to state there are Qantas flights to Melbourne under the International heading when it's already listed under Domestic. --AtD 04:45, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Feet/metres fix needed

The airport info box is obviously labelling the lengths of the runways runways incorrectly (e.g. 05/23 appears as 3,100 ft and 10,171 m). Looking at the relevant code, it seems correct ( |runway_length_f=10,171 |runway_length_m=3,100 ). I'm not sure where the error lies: in the fact box template? Can someone more knowledgable than I fix this? -Ian Page 22:50, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

It seems to be OK for me. Perhaps it's been fixed. --AtD 03:47, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
Someone edited the template to try and force the meteres to show before the feet and all it didn't work. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 13:03, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
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