Rex airlines is dipping into the domestic market by announcing it will make their debut flying between Sydney and Melbourne for the first time since the airline launched 15 years ago. Regional airlines and the communities they serve have been provided with subsidies of around $300m - $200m in direct subsidies to communities and $100m to underwrite the running of the regional airlines on regional routes, and we're talking about 12 regional airlines not just Rex (and excluding Q and V) that employ 26,000 people. The Rex … Rex Airlines may employ non-Australian pilots despite many local captains and first … Life Travel Dogfight over regional air routes as Qantas moves in on Rex 1:31pm, Dec 18, 2020 Updated: 2:49pm, Dec 18 Regional airline Rex is furious that Qantas has made a … Rex Airlines ( known as Regional Express on their regional routes) is an Australian airline based in Mascot, New South Wales.It operates scheduled regional services. LIVE UPDATES: Read our blog for the latest news on the COVID-19 pandemic. “The idea of Rex’s competition is that it happens to others, because they John Gissing, CEO of QantasLink, the regional division of Qantas Airlines, said:. Rex Airlines flies to more than 60 destinations around Australia, including major cities and regional centres. Rex Airlines could employ overseas pilots to fly local routes. The program was established to aid businesses in reducing their travel costs. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Qantas has started or plans to infect Orange, Melimbra, and Griffith from Sydney, eight routes previously monopolized by Rex. It is Australia's largest regional airline outside the Qantas group of companies and serves New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania and Western Australia Rex deputy chairman and former Nationals MP John Sharp also flagged other routes the airline could fly into. Rex Airlines offers a frequent flyer program to regular business travelers, called the Rex Business Flyer. Where does Rex Airlines fly to? Rex, which itself was born out of the 2001 Ansett collapse, has until now had a fleet of 60 Saab 340 turboprop aircraft servicing 59 regional and remote destinations and … Rex argued that Qantas' entry into routes such as Sydney to Orange and Sydney to Merimbula would force it out as the low-passenger routes would be unable to support two airlines. The Gold Coast will be the first Queensland destination serviced by Rex Airlines’ Boeing 737-800 NG jet aircraft as the regional carrier spreads its wings to major city routes across Australia. Regional Express has announced the airline will cut five routes while hitting out at Qantas, accusing the national carrier of “predatory behaviour”.. Rex Airlines has announced plans to add new services from Melbourne and Sydney, as the Australian regional airline moves to compete on routes operated by …