INTERVIEW: Regional Express Chairman Lim Kim Hai And The Impending Fight With Qantas
Prior to investing in Regional Express (Rex) in 2002, and later becoming executive chairman of the Australian regional carrier, Lim Kim Hai was contemplating semi-retirement and taking it easy. Lim, and a group of other investors, bought Ansett Australia’s regional…
Regional Aviation Association of Australia Calls For Continued Govt Support For Regional Aviation During Pandemic
The Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA) is lobbying the Federal Government for continued assistance for regional airlines during the pandemic period, and would also like Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Agency (CASA) to be more receptive to the needs of…
Australia’s Rex Calls On Govt To Stop Funding Qantas
Regional Express (Rex) has called on the Federal Government to cut all funding to Qantas Airways, arguing the airline is opportunistically flooding the regional market with capacity. Rex says in a statement that Qantas’ entry into several regional markets is…
Australian Competition Watchdog Approves Virgin-Alliance Tie-Up Despite Rex
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has granted interim authorisation for Virgin Australia and Alliance Airlines to cooperate on some regional routes despite criticism from competitor Regional Express (Rex). The ACCC’s interim authorisation says its preliminary view is that…
Regional Aviation Association of Australia Appoints New Chairman and CEO
The Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA) has appointed Sharp Airlines owner Malcolm Sharp as chairman and Steven Campbell as CEO. Campbell replaces Mike Higgins who is retiring, says the RAAA in a statement Campbell was previously government relations manager…
Qantas-Rex Dispute Escalates
Qantas Airways’ regional arm QantasLink has hit out at Regional Express (Rex), arguing that the smaller airline is afraid of losing its monopoly on some regional routes. QantasLink earlier announced it would be resuming services on the Sydney-Orange route, after…
