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..
How many times can you cut the cake so each has some icing?
If an air route will profitably support one SAAB service at optimum minimum frequency (which is generally considered to be once per day) and a second operator - particularly with a Q400 - enters the market, both operators will cease to be profitable and history indicates that in a very short period of time, no operator will operate the air route.
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.
Why would QLink set up a base? They have a slice already of $2.8 billion in red ink, why would they want more red ink and also push REX into losses?
There is only enough water in the bucket for one horse, not an entire team of horses!