REX to transition to ATRs, start domestic jet ops
Following on from the link I posted to an interview with the Alliance CEO on that thread, the same interviewer spoke to John Sharp on ABC radio yesterday.
You can listen to it here commencing at 1:21:50.
You can listen to it here commencing at 1:21:50.
Does anyone here have any info, fact or rumour about what REX SAAB Pilots are doing now? are they back to work? are they full time? is there any talk of recruitment on the horizon for the SAAB?
Full time from next week. The schedule picks up from after Easter but the company is threatening 5% retrenchment company wide.
I'm very sorry to hear that, seems like there is no good news anywhere......best of luck to all at REX, a good honest employer, in my experience & an airline with a well deserved reputation for doing the best it can for staff. I do appreciate the info.
well deserved reputation for doing the best it can for staff
Sorry.
Hahahahahahaha.
I respectfully disagree.
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Rex launches CBR-SYD
Seven daily returns on the Saab, flights start April 19
https://www.executivetraveller.com/n...sydney-flights
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Somebody please wake me up from coma. Am I to believe that Sharp and Lim are ‘people persons’? They care about staff? Holy crap, I’ve died and gone to an alternate universe.
This is predatory behaviour from Rex. Launching CFS PQQ and CBR intentionally to spite Qantas. These routes can barely support one carrier let alone two! Grumble Grumble Grumble give me handouts
If it was going to make them money then they would have done it years ago. Kendell operated SYD-CBR but that when they were part of Ansett and it was generating on carriage out of Sydney for other destinations. Public Servants do not like turboprops and the footy crowd will drive.
Regional Express’ ambition to challenge Virgin and Qantas in the domestic market fizzled on Tuesday when just 21 passengers travelled on its midday flight from Sydney to Melbourne and a 2:30 pm flight on the same route had only 14, according to an industry source
The low load factors are consistent with rumours heard by Centre for Asia-Pacific Aviation chairman emeritus Peter Harbison, who said the up-until-now rural carrier must “pull a rabbit out of the hat” to make its ambitious entrance to the lucrative capital city market succeed for a prolonged period.
The low passenger numbers – which Rex did not dispute – raise critical questions about the continued viability of the carrier’s push into the “golden triangle” air travel corridor up and down the east coast earlier this month.
Deputy chairman John Sharp claimed load factors on Sydney-Melbourne flights were better than expected and sustainable for the airline. He accused rivals of embedding staff on these trips to identify the number of passengers.
“We have noted many Qantas employees that are regular passengers on our flights. They are there to present the worst case picture and they wouldn’t be telling anyone about our flights that are full,” he said.
Qantas declined to comment.
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Virgin’s 6pm carried more pax than Rex carried for the entire day.
Jump onto Rex. Seat Maps this Friday are bare empty. Virgin is at capacity and oversold this Friday.
Jetstar seat maps are full (A321)
Do people even know they exist?
Jump onto Rex. Seat Maps this Friday are bare empty. Virgin is at capacity and oversold this Friday.
Jetstar seat maps are full (A321)
Do people even know they exist?
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He accused rivals of embedding staff on these trips to identify the number of passengers.
“We have noted many Qantas employees that are regular passengers on our flights. They are there to present the worst case picture and they wouldn’t be telling anyone about our flights that are full,” he said.
“We have noted many Qantas employees that are regular passengers on our flights. They are there to present the worst case picture and they wouldn’t be telling anyone about our flights that are full,” he said.