good points, thanks for the feedback. So would airlines such as qlink and vara see rex as too ingrained on some of these routes and any sort of competition would be purely a loss making exercise or would filling the seats on a bigger dash8 or atr be unsustainable compared to the saab due to relatively low demand.
Also why doesnt qlink set up a permanent base in adelaide, rex have a clear monopoly, surely the demand is there with the mining/business sector to warrant some competition.