Rex Airlines

The Australian Travel Industry Association (ATIA) lauded the Federal Government’s decision to guarantee all bookings for Rex Airlines.

In light of the recent collapse of Rex Airlines, the Australian Travel Industry Association (ATIA) asked Australia’s Federal Government to ensure that any support package for the airline includes compensation for the wider travel ecosystem.

Rex Airlines announced the signing of a Letter of Intent (LOI) to lease another Boeing 737-800NG. Following two 737-800NGs in July and September, this aircraft will raise Rex’s total 737 fleet to 10. The aircraft is planned to arrive in Australia in November 2023 and be operational by the end of the year. The Hon. John […]

Rex unveiled the airline’s long-awaited and much-anticipated frequent flyer loyalty programme. Passengers can now sign up for Rex Flyer and start earning Rex Flyer points and status points across both Rex’s domestic and regional networks immediately. If they sign up before 2 January 2024, they will earn 5,000 Rex points as a sign-on bonus. All members’ reward points […]

Over the Christmas-New Year holiday season, Rex announced the addition of a second daily Melbourne-Hobart service. The additional flights will fly between 18 December and 21 January to meet the increased demand from holidaymakers looking to visit the Apple Isle. Rex inaugurated the Melbourne-Hobart service last month, and bookings in both ways have surpassed expectations […]

Rex Airlines has just taken the delivery of the ninth Boeing 737-800NG aircraft in its fleet. The plane took a ferry flight from Changi Airport in Singapore, where it had been undergoing a routine heavy maintenance inspection and painting and landed in Brisbane late on Friday night. The plane, which will be put into service […]

Rex are making technological advances on multiple fronts and have just commenced using the latest web-based Aviator revenue management system.

Flights between Sydney and Adelaide, the fourth capital city in the airline network, have begun as part of Rex’s debut of its capital city services. The maiden flight, operated by REX utilising its Boeing 737-800 planes fleet, departed from Sydney on Thursday. REX will operate daily flights between the two cities. The route has already […]

Rex Airlines has announced that it will change 13 of its regularly scheduled flights, affecting its regional network in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, and Queensland. The adjustments will have an impact on the fleet of Saab 340 turboprop aircraft that Rex operates in those four states. From 1 May, the service between Mildura and […]

REX, the largest regional airline in Australia, has confirmed a substantial investment in an aviation startup, opening the door for electric planes to be used by passengers flying between small Australian towns. Rex has announced that it has acquired a 20% investment in a Sydney startup called Dovetail Electric Aviation. Having announced a strategic alliance […]

Rex Express Holdings Limited (Rex) reported a loss of $16.5 million after taxes for the six months ending on December 31, 2022. This is a 55% improvement over the same time last year. This loss includes a negative effect of A$23M from the mark-to-market valuation of the Convertible Note and Warrant facility signed with PAG […]

Perea Capital, a US private equity firm, has made Rex Airlines’ first significant investment, giving the airline a solid boost to its image as the travel industry works to put the covid pandemic’s enduring effects in the past. Omar Musa, the managing partner of Perea Capital, reported to the Australian Stock Exchange on 1 December […]

Thanks to a new interline arrangement between Rex and Delta Air Lines, travellers from Armidale and Wagga Wagga may book a single ticket for round-trip travel to the United States. All flights can be booked on a single ticket and checked bags can be through-checked. Passengers flying Delta out of the United States, Canada, or […]

Rex turned a profit in September for the first time since commencing operations in February 2022. Rex’s domestic aircraft network had increases in passenger numbers of 60%, 34%, and 77% from June 2022 to the first three months of the current fiscal year. According to Rex executive chairman Lim Kim Hai, revenue growth has been […]

Qantas’ quest to acquire FIFO specialist Alliance received unexpected support when Rex said it would support the deal. The local provider of the E190, Alliance, has claimed that any purchase must come with guarantees that the pair’s simulators will be accessible for use by rivals. Qantas and Alliance have agreed to a deal, but the […]

The airline, which previously recorded a full-year after-tax loss of $46 million on revenue of $319 million, has credited its successful turnaround to the high volume of passengers flying between Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane. Late in August, Rex received delivery of a second Boeing 737-800NG, a move that Executive Chairman Lim Kim Hai said would […]

Rex is launching its loyalty programme later this year to compete with Qantas and Virgin Australia.

As early as 2024, Rex will test the use of planes with retrofitted electric engines on short regional flights of less than an hour. With this new idea, Rex might have Australians flying in electric planes within the next decade – and paying less for it. Australians enjoy travelling domestically and abroad but paid a […]

Over the next five to seven years, Rex plans to increase its Boeing 737 fleet to 30 planes, to put one new plane into service every two to three months.

After securing funding through NSW job-fuelling programme, Rex Airlines has announced plans to build a new Boeing 737 flight simulator centre at its Mascot headquarters.