In a press release, Sharp, which operates 23 Metroliner turboprop aircraft servicing five states, said the Government should offer support to Rex, but “only on routes that Rex is the sole operator”.
The report, commissioned by the ACTU, stated bluntly that “the duopoly in the aviation sector in Australia is dominated by Qantas and there is price gouging by Qantas”, and called for “unnecessary restrictions on competition” in domestic and internatio…