REX to buy National Jet Express (NJE)
The solution is simple: Prohibit airlines from charging anything before the service is provided.
I’ve always said that any business which requires payment before the service is provided is a Ponzi Scheme.
I’ve always said that any business which requires payment before the service is provided is a Ponzi Scheme.
What do we think REX will do with Cobham, leave it as a separate entity of rebrand the frames and mix the fleet into the REX fleet
One would think that a couple of SAABs heading west to swap out a couple of Q400s for the east coast could be on the cards
REX just added another SAAB this month from Silver Airways, but those Q400s they inherited from Cobham could be added to for greater fleet flexibility on busier east coast legs
I can also see part of the next batch of 737s being used to launch transcontinental, linking FIFO workers to the east coast
A few more 190s added to the east coast to help launch new routes could also be on the cards, they are very popular with passengers....
Good fleet mix if it comes to fruition
34 seat SAAB
76 seat Q400
110 seat E190
176 seat 737
Opens up a world of possibilities........
One would think that a couple of SAABs heading west to swap out a couple of Q400s for the east coast could be on the cards
REX just added another SAAB this month from Silver Airways, but those Q400s they inherited from Cobham could be added to for greater fleet flexibility on busier east coast legs
I can also see part of the next batch of 737s being used to launch transcontinental, linking FIFO workers to the east coast
A few more 190s added to the east coast to help launch new routes could also be on the cards, they are very popular with passengers....
Good fleet mix if it comes to fruition
34 seat SAAB
76 seat Q400
110 seat E190
176 seat 737
Opens up a world of possibilities........
I can see the miners being none too pleased should they be forced off the Q400/E190 onto older tech. I believe some of the WA runways were modified at great expense to accommodate the Q400, why move them east? A weekend Perth-Bali service on the E190 perhaps.
That and they will need to pay for 2 Saabs to carry the bums of one Q400 - would be a quick way to exit the FIFO market.
crikey you can tell it’s privately owned now over half coffee shops are closed for first flights line ups for coffe at each of the only 3 open wind all the way around the food court.
Easily fixed. Pay 50% upfront for the ticket and the remainder by afterpay at the completion of the flight.
Getting to work at an airport, far out of town, to work split shifts for minimum wage just doesn’t have the jet-setting glamour that it once did.
Hence what will be chronic staff shortages at airports, and airport food and retail.
Hence what will be chronic staff shortages at airports, and airport food and retail.
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What do we think REX will do with Cobham, leave it as a separate entity of rebrand the frames and mix the fleet into the REX fleet
One would think that a couple of SAABs heading west to swap out a couple of Q400s for the east coast could be on the cards
REX just added another SAAB this month from Silver Airways, but those Q400s they inherited from Cobham could be added to for greater fleet flexibility on busier east coast legs
I can also see part of the next batch of 737s being used to launch transcontinental, linking FIFO workers to the east coast
A few more 190s added to the east coast to help launch new routes could also be on the cards, they are very popular with passengers....
Good fleet mix if it comes to fruition
34 seat SAAB
76 seat Q400
110 seat E190
176 seat 737
Opens up a world of possibilities........
One would think that a couple of SAABs heading west to swap out a couple of Q400s for the east coast could be on the cards
REX just added another SAAB this month from Silver Airways, but those Q400s they inherited from Cobham could be added to for greater fleet flexibility on busier east coast legs
I can also see part of the next batch of 737s being used to launch transcontinental, linking FIFO workers to the east coast
A few more 190s added to the east coast to help launch new routes could also be on the cards, they are very popular with passengers....
Good fleet mix if it comes to fruition
34 seat SAAB
76 seat Q400
110 seat E190
176 seat 737
Opens up a world of possibilities........
REX have supposedly said they will expand FIFO ops into QLD and NT. Cobham had already committed to 11 x Q400's and 7 E190's by end of the year for existing and future contracts, prior to the REX announcement.
Any further expansion is going to require REX to source new airframes and employ new crews as the ones in WA/SA won't move, will we see RPT from the Q400/E190......maybe but QF has a strangle hold on WA so breaking that will be difficult given REX's reputation.
Safe to say the troops at NJE are not happy about the take over as well!
Its only a matter of time before REX introduce and East Coast to Perth flight and this could allow them some feed from the FIFO routes to help prop up the bottom line on those flights and also boost the appeal with mining companies
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Not happy is not the right word sorry.
There’s a strong sense of unease about the take over and a lot of questions from NJE staff about what the future holds……e.g. Expired Pilot EBA and how the takeover will affect the negotiations for that, are Rex management going to try and re-invent the wheel with FIFO and possibly screw it all up, I mean NJE isn’t the greatest and has areas for improvement but they seem to be on a roll with gaining new long and renewing existing clients with long term contracts and would be a shame for that to all come undone.
Nonetheless, interesting next 6-12 months.
There’s a strong sense of unease about the take over and a lot of questions from NJE staff about what the future holds……e.g. Expired Pilot EBA and how the takeover will affect the negotiations for that, are Rex management going to try and re-invent the wheel with FIFO and possibly screw it all up, I mean NJE isn’t the greatest and has areas for improvement but they seem to be on a roll with gaining new long and renewing existing clients with long term contracts and would be a shame for that to all come undone.
Nonetheless, interesting next 6-12 months.
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