Aviation
Albanese lays blame on Rex as finger pointing heats up
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the regional routes that Rex provides must continue, but its decision to move into capital city services had been misguided.
- by Amelia McGuire
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The doctors who depend on Rex to allow them to deliver regional care
Sydney cardiologist Rachael Cordina regularly does an early morning dash to regional NSW, usually on a Rex flight. Now country towns are worried after the airline went into administration.
- by Catherine Naylor
Opinion
Opinion
Why Rex must be saved from its egotistical self
Rex must become a public company. Not doing this and selling the remnants will mean even bigger monopolies.
- by Jeremy Burfoot
Opinion
Opinion
A hex on Rex: The real reason it has hit the decks
The chat in aviation circles is that the government is expected to take part-ownership of Rex conditional on the airline shrinking back to its regional roots.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Regional Express Holdings
Rex collapses with 600 jobs at risk as all capital city flights axed
The airline has cancelled all flights between major airports after halting its domestic 737 services, prompting Virgin and Qantas to offer free rebooking for Rex customers.
- by Amelia McGuire
Opinion
Regional Express Holdings
Back to the future: What Rex needs to do to survive
Rex has become the latest to discover just how difficult, if not impossible, it is to crack the Qantas/Virgin duopoly. But all may not be lost.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Regional Express Holdings
‘We don’t want to see Rex fold’, government ready to help airline
The Australian regional carrier’s financial future is in question as Transport Minister Catherine King says the federal government will step in if need be to help the airline.
- by Staff reporter
Opinion
Competition
Rex offered cheap and reliable flights. I knew it couldn’t last
If the government wants to do better for consumers in a cost-of-living crisis it should talk less and act more and embark on reform of the airline industry that allows competition to flourish.
- by David King
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Regional Express Holdings
Rex Airlines in trading halt amid speculation of Deloitte appointment
Australia’s third-largest airline Rex’s shares are in a trading halt as speculation mounts that it has called in restructuring experts Deloitte to take a look at its books.
- by Staff reporter
‘BS, BS, BS!’: Saul Eslake unleashes on airlines after long-haul horror
Hell hath no fury like a delayed economist and the last thing Qantas needed was to annoy one of the nation’s best policy brains. But, yet, they did.
- by Mathew Dunckley
From a PR stunt to wellness zone: Qantas’ 22-hour non-stop gamble
The airline is banking on some of the longest flights in the world to be a hit with passengers, who will have to cough up 20 per cent more for the privilege.
- by Amelia McGuire