In just three months, Bonza has collapsed and Rex is on the brink of the abyss. What went wrong?

Australian aviation looked successful in 2023. Rex, the long-standing regional airline of small turboprops that emerged from the ashes of Ansett, has been expanding its fleet of leased Boeing 737s, expanding the network of flights between capital cities it launched at the height of the pandemic. The airline offered Australians a real alternative to the … Read more

At Rex, 360 employees have been laid off, with hundreds more jobs to be cut

Rex Airlines has already made 360 ​​staff redundant and hundreds more are set to be made redundant after receivers were appointed to run the ailing airline. The remaining staff have been told they may not get paid until a new buyer is found. Asia-based private equity firm PAG, which financed Rex’s $150 million expansion into … Read more