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Regional Express begins Sydney-Melbourne flights amid perfect pandemic opportunity
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Rex has announced it will fly between cities Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and the Gold Coast.
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A new airline is trying to muscle in on Australia s ultra-competitive Sydney-to-Melbourne route, but its prospects of cracking the market open depends on who you talk to.
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However, it is expanding to include major metro markets
Some argue Australia is unable to sustain a third major domestic carrier
Regional Express, also known as Rex, launched direct flights between Australia s two biggest cities on Monday, creating competition for Qantas and Virgin Australia.
MIAMI – Today in Aviation, Ansett Australia (AN), a major Australian airline group, ceased operations in 2002 after 65 years of service.
Ansett Australia, headquartered in Melbourne, was a major Australian airline group. The airline operated throughout Australia and, beginning in the 1990s, to Asian destinations.
Following a financial crisis in 2001, the airline was put into administration and then consolidated liquidation in 2002, according to a deed of company agreement. The last flight landed on March 5, 2002.
Two Ansett Lockheed Model 10 Electra aircraft at Mildura in 1938. Photo: Museum Victoria Collections: http://mview.museum.vic.gov.au/paimages/mm/005/005092.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=92401031
History not on Rexâs side in battle against Qantas and Virgin
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Rex deputy chairman John Sharp was probably right this week when he said there had never been a better time to set up a new domestic carrier. That, however, doesnât guarantee success for the latest challenger to the traditional domestic aviation duopoly.
Sharp, writing in
The
Australian Financial Review, took exception to Qantas boss Alan Joyceâs recent comment that it was unlikely that both Virgin Australia and Rex would both survive a post-pandemic three-cornered contest in the domestic market.