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Rex Airlines Pty Ltd is an Australian regional airline based in Mascot, New South Wales. It operates scheduled regional and domestic services. It is Australia's largest regional airline outside the Qantas group's companies and serves all 6 states across Australia. It is the primary subsidiary of Regional Express Holdings
The airline was established in 2002 when the Australiawide Airlines consortium (set up by former Ansett Australia employees) acquired Hazelton Airlines and Kendell Airlines, before merging the companies and starting operations as Rex in August 2002. In 2005, Australiawide Airlines was renamed Regional Express Holdings and partially floated on the Australian Securities Exchange. On 30 November 2005, Rex announced the acquisition of the Dubbo-based Air Link, another regional airline.
Rex Airlines initially offered regional flights from various bases across Australia using turboprop aircraft, but in March 2021 began flying between its bases using jet aircraft with flights between Melbourne and Sydney. Their current domestic flights consist of destinations in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra, Gold Coast and Adelaide, with flights to Hobart commencing in August 2023.
Rex Airlines operates to the following destinations as of August 2023:
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Founded | 2002; 21 years ago |
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Commenced operations | August 2002; 21 years ago | ||||||
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Frequent-flyer program | Rex Flyer | ||||||
Fleet size | 66 | ||||||
Destinations | 56 | ||||||
Parent company | Regional Express Holdings | ||||||
Headquarters | Mascot, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||
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Employees | 1,089 (2020) | ||||||
Website | www |
Former REX fleet
Rex Airlines has previously operated the following aircraft:
Current Aircraft Inventory REX Airlines
As of September 2023, the Rex Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:
Aircraft | Inservice | Orders | Passengers |
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Boeing 737-800 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 162 | 170 | |
168 | 176 | |||||
Saab 340A | 1 | — | — | 34 | 34 | |
Saab 340B | 29 | — | — | 33 | 33 | |
34 | 34 | |||||
36 | 36 | |||||
Saab 340B+WT | 27 | — | — | 34 | 34 | |
Total | 66 | 1 |
Fleet Development Rex Operates The World's Largest Fleet Of Saab 340 Aircraft.
Fleet development
Rex operates the world's largest fleet of Saab 340 aircraft. The delivery of 25 ex-American Eagle Airlines Saab 340B Plus aircraft started in mid-2007 and enabled the expansion of services and the phase-out of the airline's Saab 340As, and some older B models. The 340B Plus has a quieter and more comfortable interior.
In July 2008 the company announced that all of its 340As would be phased out; however one rejoined the fleet in July 2015 after a 7-year stint with Rex's subsidiary airline Pel-Air and remains in service as of January 2020. The airline also previously operated some Fairchild Metro 23 aircraft seating 19 passengers, but the aircraft were later phased out.
The airline operated an all-Saab 340 fleet with three variants of the type until December of 2020,[40] when the airline commenced jet aircraft operations following the delivery of its first Boeing 737-800. Since then, an additional eight have been delivered.
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Rex Airlines Pty Ltd is an Australian regional airline based in Mascot, New South Wales.
The Saab 340 is a Swedish twin-engine turboprop aircraft designed and initially produced by Saab AB
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