Rex Airlines deputy chair John Sharp says the airline has signed up business travel contracts with “a number of very large corporate entities”.
Country airline Regional Express (Rex) has delayed the delivery of four more jet aircraft to fly between major cities,saying the travel industry remains too unstable to continue its domestic market expansion plans.
Regional airline Rex has said Qantas’ choice to stand down 2500 staff members was premature in light of the government’s new support package.
Australians are enjoying some of the cheapest domestic airfares in a decade as airlines cut ticket prices to coax travellers back into the sky and Rex injects fresh competition into major city routes.
Rex Airlines plans to add four more jet aircraft to its fleet by September in a faster than anticipated ramp-up of its capital city challenge to Qantas and Virgin.
Regional airline Rex has accused Qantas and Virgin of dumping capacity on the domestic market in order to crush the smaller airline.
Country airline Regional Express (Rex) will launch flights between Sydney and Canberra next month,breaking Qantas’ monopoly on a route the carrier says is rife with “fare gouging”.
Rod Sims has shot down Regional Express’ claims that Qantas is dumping capacity and deliberately losing money on marginal routes to crush its smaller rival.
Country airline Regional Express (Rex) says it can take on Qantas and Virgin in the capital city aviation market for as long as it takes.
Country airline Regional Express has flown its first jet service between Melbourne and Sydney,promising to shake up the Qantas-Virgin duopoly on one of the world’s busiest air routes.
Qantas has hit back at Rex’s accusation of predatory behavour,saying the country airline is ‘throwing a classic Rex tantrum’.