Rex in voluntary administration, ending all 737 services

[Mattg]

Looks Rex's PER-ADL flights on the E190 and BNE-CNS on the Q400 (operated by NJE) are also cancelled.

 

[HS-TQE]

Looks Rex's PER-ADL flights on the E190 and BNE-CNS on the Q400 (operated by NJE) are also cancelled.

Was reported alongside the 737 cancellations.

 

[Mattg]

Was reported alongside the 737 cancellations.

That's good. Rex's own website just refers to "domestic Boeing 737" services. Although those routes are listed as cancelled.

https://www.rex.com.au/AboutRex/OurCompany/DomesticFlightUpdates.aspx

 

[Mattg]

If anyone's in doubt about the egos involved in the management of this company, two of the 737 registrations bear the initials of the current and former chairmen.

Another plane's rego has the initials of the former transport minister...

 

[HS-TQE]

One aircraft is also named after ZL's Private Equity funder/co-owner (VH-PAG).

 

[moa999]

Wonder what VA will do with my MEL-SYD booking for a future Sat night after a kind of big event that VA sponsor.

Rex had a well timed 8pm flight.
VA on Sat only has no late flights, last is 6pm.
Whereas QF has 6, 9pm and JQ 6.45, 7.15, 8.15, 8.50pm

 

[henrus]

If anyone's in doubt about the egos involved in the management of this company, two of the 737 registrations bear the initials of the current and former chairmen.

People pay good money to get a personalised plate on their car, I wonder how much the CASA personalised plate department charge?

 

[jb747]

It does allow return travel ex ABX, which would be the greater demand.

Is it? I used the flights in both directions at all times of the day, and whilst this was needed by some people, it was not what I would consider the greater demand.

It also allows ABX pax to travel seamlessly to other domestic and international destinations, without the heavily restricted baggage allowance of Rex.

Rex's luggage allowance was more than enough for my world travel. If you need more, you should be aware that there are shops everywhere.

Albury does not get "one Qantas Dash 8 service a day".

You know what he means, and this sort of comment just muddies the water.

It gets about six Qantas flights a day. One of which is a jet service to Brisbane, with the remaining being SYD and MEL flights on Dash 8's which are considerably younger than ZL's S340s.

And far noisier. I quite like the SAABs, though something newer would be nice, they did suit their role well. The Dash is too big to allow any decent form of schedule to Melbourne.

Also, I doubt many people fly only between Albury and Melbourne when there are modern, reasonably fast V/Line Vlocity trains that operate at a frequency of seven daily services from Albury city centre straight into Melbourne CBD. If anything, V/Line is more responsible than Qantas for Rex's irrelevance and withdrawal in Albury, and that's a good thing.

Oh, you've obviously never used this service, have you? It's slow and unreliable.

Even with V/Line, people still fly the route, but the thing is people still flying ABX-MEL really only use that route for connections these days.
The reason why QF succeeded on that route and replaced ZL is because QF offers seamless connections to and from over 60 domestic destinations as well as their international network and oneworld/partner airlines.

They didn't succeed. Rex pulled out the second they announced they were coming on to it. And if I'm looking for connections, I'll really want a flight that leaves at 6:50, so that I can connect to my evening departure. Rex's schedule worked well. QF's is rubbish.

And people drive. V/Line is not an alternative most consider.

That is incorrect - the single QF flight is designed for Albury Wodonga locals to be able to travel for the day to-and-from Melbourne ... out at 6:30 AM and back in at approx. 8:30 PM.

Which works wonderfully well for the doctors that used to fly in from Melbourne. Of course, by your logic the QF flight is now perfect for their patients, as they'll have to make the journey to Melbourne instead.

.... and you completely miss the point.

The point is same-day from Melbourne to Albury/Wodonga and back

Exactly. But he's missing the point quite intentionally.

If that's the case then I don't see why people won't want to use the train.

Really? Nobody uses the train if they can avoid it.

The QF flight from Melbourne to Albury is designed for people travelling from international/domestic and then connecting to Albury as a final destination. ZL didn't have the ability, so they lost out.

Well designed then, given that so many international arrivals come in early in the morning. Enjoy your 12 hour layover at Tullamarine.

 

[tcasfail]

People pay good money to get a personalised plate on their car, I wonder how much the CASA personalised plate department charge?

$65

 

[33kft]

If anyone's in doubt about the egos involved in the management of this company, two of the 737 registrations bear the initials of the current and former chairmen.

Another plane's rego has the initials of the former transport minister...

That's nothing, the CEO of Qantas has her initials on every aircraft in the fleet!

Okay, back in my box now

 

[Must...Fly!]

It's slow and unreliable.

Wouldn't say slow. It's very comparable to driving and being able to get off at Broadmeadows means a 10 minute free bus trip to Tullamarine. However point taken it's not totally reliable.

 

[Harrison_133]

Ernst & Young: Regional Express Holdings Limited Enters Voluntary Administration

 

[henrus]

Ernst & Young: Regional Express Holdings Limited Enters Voluntary Administration

Some of the interesting points:

"Rex and Virgin Australia are also exploring opportunities to support regional customers, which includeVirgin Australia selling Rex’s regional services through codeshare or interline arrangements, and makingVelocity Frequent Flyer benefits available to Rex’s regional customers."

The list of companies under administration:

Regional Express Holdings Limited (ACN 099 547 270)Regional Express Pty Limited (ACN 101 325 642)Rex Airlines Pty Ltd (ACN 642 400 048)Rex Investment Holdings Pty Limited (ACN 101 317 677)Air Partners Pty Ltd ACN (065 221 356)(all Administrators Appointed)(collectively, “the Rex Group”)

Given this is the current structure, I wonder if some of the ones like Pel-Air and National Jet Express are not?

 

[antycbr]

Some of the interesting points:

The list of companies under administration:


Given this is the current structure, I wonder if some of the ones like Pel-Air and National Jet Express are not?
View attachment 399717

Isn’t NJE only 50% owned?

 

[RSVKanga]

If anyone's in doubt about the egos involved in the management of this company, two of the 737 registrations bear the initials of the current and former chairmen.

Another plane's rego has the initials of the former transport minister...

Wow! Didn't realise that at all.

Any ideas on who RQC, RQP, and RYU are named after?

Registration	Named after
VH-REX	Obvious
VH-8KH	Lim Kai Hai
VH-8JS	John Sharp
VH-8ZL	Obvious
VH-MFM	Michael Francis McCormack, current Coalition politician, longtime political friend of Sharp, and former transport minister responsible for giving more taxpayer cash to Rex than QF and VA combined
VH-PAG	PAG, major Rex foreign shareholder
VH-RQC	?
VH-RQP	?
VH-RYU	?

I think these registrations are the perfect summation as to why they're a rotten core that has to go.

 

[antycbr]

Wow! Didn't realise that at all.

Any ideas on who RQC, RQP, and RYU are named after?

Registration	Named after
VH-REX	Obvious
VH-8KH	Lim Kai Hai
VH-8JS	John Sharp
VH-8ZL	Obvious
VH-MFM	Michael Francis McCormack, current National Party politician, longtime political friend of Sharp, and former transport minister responsible for giving more taxpayer cash to Rex than QF and VA combined
VH-PAG	PAG, major Rex foreign shareholder
VH-RQC	?
VH-RQP	?
VH-RYU	?

I think these registrations are the perfect summation as to why they're a rotten core that has to go.

Same story at DJ- VH-BZG anyone?

 

[HS-TQE]

To be fair though, Godfrey did deliver consistent profits to DJ prior to Borghetti (and friends) taking over (and starting the ill-fated transition from VB to VA).

 

[33kft]

Same story at DJ- VH-BZG anyone?

Which ended up re-registered as VH-RQP, flown by Rex

 

[jase05]

Wonder what VA will do with my MEL-SYD booking for a future Sat night after a kind of big event that VA sponsor.

Rex had a well timed 8pm flight.
VA on Sat only has no late flights, last is 6pm.
Whereas QF has 6, 9pm and JQ 6.45, 7.15, 8.15, 8.50pm

Hate to sound flippant but it’s really not VA’s problem. They will accomodate passengers at a similar time if possible and if capacity allows it and for others it will be a case of bad luck unfortunately.

 

[TheInsider]

Albury does not get "one Qantas Dash 8 service a day".

It gets about six Qantas flights a day. One of which is a jet service to Brisbane, with the remaining being SYD and MEL flights on Dash 8's which are considerably younger than ZL's S340s.

Also, I doubt many people fly only between Albury and Melbourne when there are modern, reasonably fast V/Line Vlocity trains that operate at a frequency of seven daily services from Albury city centre straight into Melbourne CBD. If anything, V/Line is more responsible than Qantas for Rex's irrelevance and withdrawal in Albury, and that's a good thing.

Even with V/Line, people still fly the route, but the thing is people still flying ABX-MEL really only use that route for connections these days. The reason why QF succeeded on that route and replaced ZL is because QF offers seamless connections to and from over 60 domestic destinations as well as their international network and oneworld/partner airlines.

Tbh more people would be using the vline anyway with the capped and very cheap fares imposed by the Vic government.