Regional Express Holdings
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
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Aviation
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
Aviation
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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Aviation
‘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
Aviation
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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Aviation
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
Airfares fell last year, but cancellations and delays persist: ACCC
Cancelled and late-running flights continue to dog the aviation industry four years after the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the consumer watchdog says.
- by Amelia McGuire
Rex Airlines extends cuts to flights for another seven months
Regional Express cut a swathe of services last year blaming supply chain issues and Qantas – and those reductions will now remain for a further seven months.
- by Amelia McGuire
Air traffic control contributed to 15 per cent of flight delays in December
The government body responsible for air navigation said it is still struggling with staffing after causing 16 per cent of delays last month.
- by Amelia McGuire
Transport minister savages airlines after worst performance in more than a year
“It is no wonder that so many Australians remain fed up with our major airlines,” Catherine King said on Thursday.
- by Amelia McGuire