https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/...outes/?cs=5706
Meanwhile, Cobham's Australian operations, established in 1990 to provide jet FIFO services to oil and gas producer Santos's Moomba site, have been effectively on the market for the past three months.
The original Australian business, part of the big UK-based Cobham Aviation business since 2000, has been owned by US private equity group Advent International for the past two years.
It flies about 20 aircraft working VIP charter services and FIFO routes, particularly in Western Australia and South Australia.
It also support's Qantas Freight's domestic operation, moving overnight freight on more than 2500 flights a year.
Another division is contracted to the federal government for aerial border surveillance and search-and-rescue operations spanning Australia's economic zone.
Although no official confirmation has come from Regional Express, Rex is understood to be running a due diligence investigation on the charter and FIFO business.