Would I be correct in saying that despite numerous attempts by people who were "in the know" and "going to do it differently", a third rpt airline has never lasted more than 12 months in Australia?
No, I don't think so, because:
- Air North operated scheduled services from 1981
- Alliance has operated since 2002, and scheduled services since 2020
- Eastern Australian Airlines operated since 1949
- Fly Pelican operated since 2015
- Jetstar operated since 2004
- Qantas domestic operated since 1992 after it merged with TAA
- REX operated since 2002
- Skytrans relaunched in 2015
- Sunstate operated since 1986
- Tigerair Australia 2007 till 2020
- Virgin operated 2000 till 2020 when relaunched
- VARA operated 2002 till 2020.