After decades of service, an Australian airline has announced that the airline will no longer be able to serve residents in these five areas.
The Australian company Rex has announced that the airline has been forced to cut five more regional areas of its services, in order to improve the financial performance of the business.
From June 30, the airline will stop serving regional centers in Bathurst, Grafton, Lismore and Kangaroo Island. Ballina will also be removed from the network from July 2, with two more routes pending review.
In a statement from the airline, Rex’s vice president, the Honorable John Sharp AM, blamed competing airline Qantas for the completion of the routes.
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“It is unfortunate that these regional communities are the collateral damage of Qantas’ heartless harassment and behavior, ”Sharp said.
“This behavior is even more inconceivable after receiving more than $ 2 billion in federal bailouts over the past two years.”
“Qantas’ well-publicized predatory actions on Rex’s regional routes have left Rex no longer able to subsidize these marginal routes.”
Sharp said the decision was made with a “heavy heart” but had to be made “in an effort to improve Rex’s financial performance”.
Last week, the regional company announced that it was withdrawing its route from Canberra to Sydney, just one year after launching the service in 2021. The move came weeks after Jetstar, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Qantas Group, entered on the market, with flights from Melbourne and the Gold Coast.
“Unfortunately, with the entry of an additional operator and the high charges imposed by Sydney Airport as of June 1 it means the route is no longer viable for Rex,” Sharp said.
“Resources will be diverted to other routes that will allow for a better return.”
At the time, Sydney Airport also responded to the complaints, saying they were trying to keep Rex on the route from Sydney to Canberra.
“Sydney Airport has made several attempts to support Rex’s operations on the Sydney-Canberra route, and we were making good progress in reaching an agreement,” the statement said.
“Rex’s suggestion that Sydney Airport is partially responsible for the departure of the route is disappointing and inaccurate.”
The rift between Rex and QantasLink (the regional airline branch) has come to an end.
In February 2021, QantasLink CEO John Gissing accused the regional operator of making a “classic Rex rage” after accusing the carrier or predatory business behavior.
“Rex believes they have the established right to be the sole carrier on some regional routes,” Gissing said. Farm online.
“Rex ‘s idea of competition is that it’ s something that happens to other people.
“It looks like Rex is trying to blame Qantas for other challenges they may have.”
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