Rex being quite up front now about wanting cities to show an "expression of interest" aka $$$ for being next on its Boeing 737 list. BNE still a front runner you'd think, can't see PER being part of this, and not HOB given the mid-year timing.
You’ve got to laugh!
This is a perfect example of Rex swimming in a bigger pond than it’s used to.
What Rex are used to is bullying and intimidating small regional councils on their airport and passenger fees while threatening to pull their monopoly services if they don’t get what they want.
Brisbane and other large airports couldn’t give a f$ck about offering Rex any better incentives to have the glorious privilege of their country hospitality.
Once again the losers in all of this will be the country towns, regional passengers and Saab crews..