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Old 17th Sep 2023, 01:42
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Originally Posted by Deano969
The Q400s will help standardise the fleet and REX will only buy 10-20 year old frames
……SYD-CBR tag is still a viable option
Q400s may standardise the fleet but they won’t work on most Rex routes as others have said. Secondly they dont have the capital to buy a single aircraft, let alone a whole fleet. The Queensland base was meant to get a new leased aircraft to commence ops in July, now arriving in October, read into that what you will…._

As for the Syd-cbr tag flight, it’s not doable while the Adelaide-Melbourne flights exist, the ones where QR “forgot” to open up seats for sale ex Adelaide to Doha when services commenced…..
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