<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Adelaide Airport has marked the resumption of international Qantas flights after more than a decade, with the inaugural Adelaide to Auckland service departing this morning. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The launch is expected to benefit both South Australian holidaymakers and the state's economy.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Qantas is also offering connections to New York from Adelaide, with a travel time of less than 22 hours. </span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sheffield-shield-tributes-death-ben-austin/e2171a34-dfae-4dcd-8174-ff3b69e845a8"><strong><span>Cricket stars' touching tribute to teen killed in training tragedy</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tourism in South Australia is anticipated to receive a boost, with the New Zealand and North American markets worth more than $200 million to the state's economy.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are going to have silly festival season coming up, mad march, the V8s only in a matter of weeks," Brenton Cox from Adelaide Airport said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The number of international airlines flying to Adelaide is increasing, with Cathay Pacific and United Airlines both set to start operating out of South Australia within the next two months.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/first-qantas-international-flight-to-adelaide-in-a-decade/15b26bad-2a25-47d0-a762-d6f11142581e" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/prince-andrew-to-be-stripped-of-prince-title-move-out-royal-lodge/0104e49a-d3b0-4673-8fc6-e2d22f00d2d8"><strong><span>Virginia Giuffre's family celebrates as Andrew loses 'prince' title</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Adelaide to Auckland route is scheduled to operate four times a week until May next year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Once we have got through the season, we will review, look at what worked, look at opportunities to grow and say 'is this something we can continue?'," Qantas international and freight chief executive Cam Wallace said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Cox said he was hopeful of the airline extending the route beyond May.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Qantas has seen the economic prospects I hope not just until May on this Auckland service but further afield and on more services," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Because we currently are a very profitable place to operate from."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>This article was produced with the assistance of</span></em><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/9express/16480c33-636a-461f-9c4f-d0e2522c722a"><em><span>9ExPress</span></em></a><em><span>.</span></em></div></div>