Rex Announces Regional Expansion With an Increase of up to 67 Percent in Weekday Return Services

Rex will expand their regional network with an increase in weekday return services to eleven cities in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. With the expansion, routes will see increased frequencies from 15 to 67 percent.

Rex Boeing 737-800 NG - Courtesy Rex

On Wednesday (June 15, 2022), Rex announced a massive expansion of regional service to eleven regional cities in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. This expansion is in addition to the carrier’s recently announced new services to and from Devonport. With the expanded network, routes will see an increase in weekday frequencies from between 15 and 67 percent. The increased services will be available from July 4, 2022, and are now available for booking.

In Wednesday’s announcment, Rex’s General Manager of Network Strategy, Mr. Warrick Lodge, said,

“Rex sees strong recovery in these regional centres and is dedicating considerable resources to meet this demand. These improved schedules will see us operating more flights on our regional network than pre-COVID and mark a significant turning point for the airline as we return to profitability. We are confident that FY23 will see a great improvement in the financial performance of our regional operations since Rex will only operate on densely patronized regional routes where the load factors and yields will be much more favourable.

Rex's Regional Network Expansion From July 4, 2022 - Courtesy Rex

“It pains us to have to abandon half a dozen marginal regional routes after decades of faithful service. Today, we will need to add another one to the list of small regional cities suffering from the collateral damage of Qantas’ predatory actions. From June 27, Rex will be withdrawing from the Sydney to Cooma route which Qantas sees fit to want to enter even though this route had only 2,000 passengers in the last 12 months.”

Rex is Australia’s largest independent regional and domestic airline. The carrier operates a fleet of 60 Saab 340s and six Boeing 737-800NGs, serving 62 destinations throughout all Australian states. The Rex Group also includes wholly-owned subsidiaries Pel-Air Aviation (an airfreight aeromedical and charter operator) as well as two pilot academies, Australia Airline Pilot Academy in Wagga Wagga and Ballarat.

Source: Rex