Regional Express was months behind on its payments to airports and other suppliers before it went into administration and ratepayers will have to foot the bill for out-of-pocket local councils.
Murray Wood, chief executive of the Dubbo Regional Council in central NSW, said Rex’s administrators at EY will only pay airports from the date of their appointment on July 30.
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