Rex and it's Saab 340s..what next?

[PERLHR]

Yesterday, I think I counted 16 340s in various state of repair/maintenance at Wagga Wagga.

Despite this...I can only assume.they don't even have the routes to maintain so many on the books?

 

[gaz0303]

They claimed to have stopped some routes because of lack of airworthy planes. Definitely SYD-ARM. The photos could be the parts yard for the remaining fleet?

 

[markis10]

The issue with the Rex planes has a lot to do with the engine and spares availability, they share a significant commonality with Apache and Blackhawk engines and the production line is maxed out with delays to upgrading the Helis power plants (2+ years and counting), Rex doesn’t get a look in. Rex wanted to save money by not putting their fleet in a managed engine program with repair SLAs etc, that saving has been eaten up by lack of serviceable units.