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Dicky King complicit in Bonza/Rex demise?? -  :dodgy:

Via DK's media minions:

Rex enters voluntary administration

Overnight it was announced that Regional Express Holdings and a number of its subsidiaries have entered voluntary administration.

Samuel Freeman, Justin Walsh and Adam Nikitins of Ernst & Young Australia (EY Australia) have been appointed Joint and Several Voluntary Administrators by the Rex Group’s respective Boards of Directors. 

My department has been engaging with EY overnight and further conversations will take place today. 

Rex is an important airline for regional and remote communities and Rex’s continuation is in the best interests of regional Australians, the travelling public, its workers and the aviation sector.

The Government will work closely with the administrator to determine a path forward that ensures regional aviation has a strong future in this country.

In the short term, we have engaged with a number of airports to seek their continued support for Rex and I encourage all stakeholders,  customers, and commercial partners to remain supportive as Rex works through this process.

This will obviously be a distressing time for employees of Rex and it is important the administrators provide timely advice to staff who have been affected. 

Both Virgin and Qantas have  said they will look into opportunities to support Rex workers affected by today’s announcement.

I understand that the administrator is also speaking directly with employee representatives.

For Rex customers, the administrator has advised my department that:

• they plan for all regional flights to continue as scheduled. 
  
• all Rex domestic flights between major cities are cancelled – however, advice from Rex is that customers can rebook through Virgin Australia at no extra cost (subject to terms and conditions) by contacting Virgin Australia on 13 67 89 or http://www.virginaustralia.com.  
  

The Qantas Group has also advised that Rex customers impacted by cancelled flights due to the grounding of their domestic jet services can contact Qantas and Jetstar to be reaccommodated on the same route as their original booking at no charge, where seats are available. 

Customers with an impacted Rex booking can contact Jetstar via their Live Chat function or on 13 15 38 and Qantas on 13 13 13 to make a booking.

Further information about these arrangements is available from www.rex.com.au

There was a short tv media cut to DK on the same day as the above MR was released (from approx 00:40 seconds)

However despite the media storm since, on the subject of the Rex collapse, the useless Minister for Transport Dicky King appears to have gone back into hiding... :blush:

In pictures here is some more MSM coverage on Rex going into administration, including from the Shadow Minister Senator McKenzie:

Plus via X:

Senator The Hon. Bridget McKenzie
@senbmckenzie

A press release is not reform Minister. The Harris review sat on your desk for over 2 years. It’s too late for Bonza and Rex, their staff and customers. Stop protecting the big end of town, we need a competitive, reliable and sustainable aviation ✈️ industry now.

Catherine King MP
@CatherineKingMP
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Aug 1
For those who missed it, the Albanese Government is reforming slots at Sydney Airport. We are doing what the Coalition failed to do.

We have been consulting since announcing changes in February and will be bringing legislation to parliament.
10:36 AM · Aug 1, 2024

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On the subject of consultation and 'bringing legislation to parliament', I note that the Senate RRAT Legislative Committee is currently conducting an inquiry into one of those proposed pieces of legislation - Airline Passenger Protections (Pay on Delay) Bill 2024. 

Ironically one of the 11 submissions (so far) is from Rex Airlines - see HERE.







MTF...P2  :P