So... For those Council's who are owed hundreds of thousands of dollars, that just gets written off now?
Separately, the Government is also announcing today that it will establish a new program capped at $5 million for local government and regional and remote airports that supported Rex through the voluntary administration process.
This new program will mitigate financial barriers to these organisations continuing to provide essential services to their communities. Eligibility will be based on the amount owed to the organisation by the Rex regional business when it entered voluntary administration.
Looks to me like the long suffering taxpayer will pay back the money owed to the regional airports, perhaps because the feds realise that if the airports don't get paid then that is exactly what could happen...
2017... Qantas says one of its Boeing 737-800s was held for ransom in an unprecedented event at Canberra Airport in March 2017 following a diversion due to weather. It is understood Canberra Airport prevented the aircraft – carrying about 170 people – from departing until a diversion charge of $18,000 was paid immediately by credit card by parking a car behind the 737-800 and refusing to move it.