Category: Airlines

Speaking at a press conference on Monday, the Transport Minister outlined the decision as part of the Federal Government’s continued support for Rex, which has helped the airline’s regional Saab 340 flights continue to operate while it remains in admin…

YJ-AV73 is operating charter services daily between Port Vila and Santo, and between Port Vila and Tanna, complementing scheduled charter services that restarted earlier this month using the Vanuatuan flag carrier’s DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft.

The competition regulator’s latest report on the sector said that the smaller airline’s decision to shrink its network “may mean” prices would rise, despite Rex only holding a 5 per cent market share.

The in-country facility, situated within the city’s airport precinct, will be one of only two in the world capable of producing Naval Strike Missiles (NSM) and Joint Strike Missiles (JSM).

New BITRE figures released by the Department of Transport also revealed, industry-wide, just 72.5 per cent of flights departed on time in July.

The Shanghai-based carrier will operate three 787-9 Dreamliner flights per week between Melbourne and Shanghai Pudong Airport starting on 19 December, increasing to daily services in the peak period. Each flight will carry up to 324 passengers, includi…

In an email to Rex staff seen by the ABC, administrators EY Australia said 73 out of 261 more Rex domestic positions are likely to face the axe, with 594 having already been shed. The redundancies will reduce Rex’s workforce to around its pre-domestic-…

Former Rex executive chairman Lim Kim Hai allegedly recorded the meeting at the end of July, at which the board voted to appoint EY as administrators, without the consent of those present, according to reports in The Australian and The Australian Finan…