House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
2012-07-10 Daily Xml

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EMIRATES AIRLINES

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (14:26): I have a supplementary question. We currently get approximately 1 per cent of the international flights directly into Australia coming to Adelaide. What increase will this announcement make to the total international traffic coming into Adelaide Airport?

The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Planning, Minister for Business Services and Consumers) (14:26): I thank the honourable member for the question. Obviously, it is a statistical question. As this hasn't happened, it is a bit hard to give him a statistically based answer. But—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. J.R. RAU: —can I put it this way: there are 350 seats coming in and 350 seats going out, five days a week from November, and seven days a week from February, which weren't there before. So, you multiply that out, divide it by a certain number and put lines and stuff under it and you get a number. I don't know what that number is, but it is really good.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!