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SYDNEY Australian airline Regional Express Holdings Ltd (Rex) is not doing as well as it would like on the highly competitive Sydney-Melbourne route, where it is offering A$39 ($30.38) fares on most flights, its deputy chairman said on Wednesday.
The once regional airline in March expanded into big-city routes to compete against Qantas Airways Ltd and Virgin Australia taking advantage of cut-priced aircraft leases, starting with one of the world’s busiest domestic routes from Sydney to Melbourne.
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May 6, 2021 | 7:26 pm
An American Airlines passenger jet glides in under the moon as it lands at LaGuardia airport in New York, Aug. 28, 2012. REUTERS
THE US is spearheading a nascent revival in overseas air travel as people jump at the chance to fly to destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean without quarantines or other Covid-related restrictions.
New York to Santo Domingo and Santiago de los Caballeros, the two biggest cities in the Dominican Republic, are among the world’s busiest overseas routes this year, according to aviation analytics company Cirium. Neither made the top 10 before the pandemic. Orlando to San Juan in the US territory of Puerto Rico sits at second-busiest overall, behind Moscow to Simferopol, in the disputed Crimea region.
Dirt-Cheap Flights on Sale as Covid-Hit Airlines Take on Rivals
Bloomberg 3/10/2021 Angus Whitley
(Bloomberg) Dirt-cheap fares are popping up from airlines brave enough to expand or start out amid the Covid crisis, as they try to eke out sales and get a jump on competitors that have pared back operations.
Airlines worldwide cut $1 billion of expenses a day last year to cope with the slump in passengers, and that’s given them some wiggle room to lower ticket prices. More broadly, cost savings are emerging for carriers as unwanted planes become available on the cheap. Thousands of laid off flight crew are also eager for work, allowing some airlines to go on hiring sprees.