Regional Express Holdings
Qantas’ lions share of taxpayer-funded flights under the microscope
The government’s aviation white paper will review why more than 80 per cent of government bookings are made with one airline.
- by Amelia McGuire
Latest
Watchdog rules to help people ‘get what they pay for’ from airlines
The new charter of rights for airline customers is just one of 56 proposed reforms that will govern the nation’s aviation sector for decades to come.
- by Amelia McGuire
Government to guarantee Rex flight bookings for the next month
Transport Minister Catherine King has confirmed regional flights booked with Rex will be covered in a bid to keep the regional airline solvent.
- by Amelia McGuire
Editorial
Aviation
Qantas, Virgin domination needs to be questioned
Regional Express (Rex) is not the first airline to unsuccessfully challenge the market power of Qantas and Virgin.
- The Age's View
‘It ends up just being a bloodbath’: Why plucky, third player Rex Airlines came unstuck
A graveyard has filled with airline groups that have tried and failed to challenge the duopoly in the skies, from Compass to Tiger Airways and Bonza. Rex is just the latest.
- by Anne Hyland
‘Large number’ of potential buyers circling Rex despite old fleet
EY partner Sam Freeman says he’s received a lot of early interest in Rex and is preparing to kick off the sales process as soon as next week.
- by Amelia McGuire
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
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
Updated
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
Updated
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
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