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Warren Truss & Greg Hunt MP - Carbon Tax Hits Regional Airline
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
The real cost of the Carbon Tax on business has been highlighted by Australia’s largest regional airline, Regional Express.

Rex Provides Revised Profit Guidance
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Regional Express Holdings (Rex) provided revised profit guidance for FY12/13 at its Annual General Meeting held today. Rex revised downwards its Profit Before Tax forecast for FY12/13 to 25 – 35% lower than FY11/12, from 15 – 25% previously declared at its FY11/12 full year results presentation briefing in August 2012.

Rex Condemns Sydney Airport Chairman's Remarks
Monday, November 19, 2012
Regional Express (Rex) Executive Chairman Lim Kim Hai said that the Chairman of Sydney Airport Corporation Limited (SACL) Max Moore-Wilton was irresponsible for calling into question the ring fencing of permanent NSW regional slots at Sydney Airport for regional aviation.

Transport for NSW - Regional NSW Air Services Announced to Connect NSW
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
A Transport for NSW spokesperson today announced that regional air services into Sydney from 14 NSW regional communities will continue to operate under new five-year licences to take effect from 30 March 2013, and provide significant increase in services between Moree and Sydney.

Rex Retains All Its NSW Licenced Routes for another 5 Years
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Regional Express (Rex) has been awarded all eight New South Wales (NSW) intrastate Air Transport Licences which it is currently holding. This confers on Rex the sole right to continue to operate on these routes for the next licence period of March 2013 to March 2018.

Rex Rated Best Domestic Airline For Customer Satisfaction Again
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Regional Express (Rex) has been ranked the Best Domestic Airline for Customer Satisfaction for the month of August 2012 in the Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards, the second consecutive month that Rex has been ranked in the top spot.

Rex Rated Best Domestic Airline for Customer Satisfaction
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Regional Express (Rex) has been ranked the Best Domestic Airline for Customer Satisfaction for the month of July 2012 in the Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards.

Rex - Most Profitable Airline Group in Australia
Friday, August 31, 2012
Regional Express Holdings Ltd (Rex) today released its full financial year results ending 30 June 2012 with a record Profit Before Tax of $35.1 million, making Rex the most profitable listed airline in Australia.

Rex States Position On Competition
Monday, August 6, 2012
In response to media requests to respond to speculation that a small local airline is intending to mount regional services to Griffith, Mildura, Broken Hill, etc, Rex puts on record its position with regard to competition.

Rex Celebrates Its First Ten Years
Friday, July 27, 2012
Regional Express (Rex) is celebrating 10 years of operations this August.

Rex Applauds Minister Albanese's Stand on Regional Airline Access to Sydney Airport
Friday, July 6, 2012
Regional Express (Rex) applauds the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Anthony Albanese for his stance on regional airlines’ access to Sydney Airport in his response during the Questions Without Notice session from Mr Windsor on the 28th of June.

Rex Rated Top Performing Australian Airline by Aviation Week and Space Technology
Friday, July 6, 2012
Regional Express (Rex) has been rated the top performing Australian airline by the authoritative Aviation Week and Space Technology (AWST) magazine for 2012.

Peter Ryan & Louise Asher MP - New Air Services Means Mildura is Open For Business
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional and Rural Development Peter Ryan and Minister for Tourism and Major Events Louise Asher have welcomed today's announcement that Regional Express (Rex) will launch a range of new passenger services connecting Mildura with Adelaide, Sydney and Broken Hill.

Rex Connects Mildura-Broken Hill to Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Regional Express (Rex), in partnership with Mildura Airport and Broken Hill City Council, has today announced a significant range of new air services for the cities of Mildura and Broken Hill (see schedules below).

Rex Cuts Route Due Government Taxes
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Regional Express (Rex) has today announced that it would be withdrawing services from between Griffith and Melbourne with effect from 1 July 2012.

Rex Group Announces First Half Financial Results
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
The Regional Express (Rex) Group today announced its first half FY11/12 results with Profit Before Tax of $18.5 million on a turnover of $139 million.

Rex Leads On Time Performance in 2011
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Regional Express (Rex) has once again achieved the best On Time departures in 2011 amongst all the major carriers in Australia, repeating its performance in calendar year 2010 according to the Domestic Airline On Time Performance 2011 report released by the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE).

Rex Announces Improved Griffith to Melbourne Schedule
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Regional Express (Rex) today announced an improved Griffith to Melbourne schedule with effect from Monday, 2 May 2011.

Warren Truss - Govt Must Reject Shunting Regional Pax to Bankstown
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
THE Federal Labor Government must immediately reject proposals in its leaked report on a site for Sydney’s second airport to designate Bankstown as the ‘hub’ for all regional flights.