Cathay Pacific Returns to Adelaide with a Thrice-Weekly Winter Seasonal Service

Cathay Pacific has recently announced that the airline is adding another destination to its Southwest Pacific network this winter with the return of non-stop flights between Hong Kong and Adelaide. The route will begin flying from 11 November 2025.

This seasonal service will run three times a week and will resume an important connection between the airline’s home base and the South Australian capital. This will help provide more choices for customers travelling between Hong Kong, the Southwest Pacific and beyond.

The addition of Adelaide will be Cathay Pacific’s eighth destination in the Southwest Pacific. Year-round, the airline has services between Hong Kong and Auckland, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, and winter seasonal services to Cairns and Christchurch.

Cathay Chief Customer and Commercial Officer Lavinia Lau said: “We are thrilled to be reconnecting our home hub with Adelaide, a bustling city that holds particular significance for Cathay Pacific. We first launched passenger flights to the South Australian capital in 1992, and then two years later our first batch of cadet pilots arrived in the city to complete their flight training, marking the start of our more than three-decade collaboration with Flight Training Adelaide.

“With our return to Adelaide, we will be operating close to 90 return flights per week to eight destinations in the Southwest Pacific at the peak of this winter season, providing a great many choices for our customers travelling between the region and our home hub. Whether they are travelling for business, leisure or to visit friends and relatives, we look forward to welcoming customers onboard and experiencing our signature Cathay Pacific service.”

Cathay Pacific’s Hong Kong-Adelaide service will be operated using its Airbus A350-900 aircraft. This aircraft will provide customers with fully flat beds in Business, spacious seats in Premium Economy and comfort in Economy cabins.