REGIONAL Express Airlines has announced it will withdraw from the Albury-Melbourne route later this month, an operation it has serviced for almost 40 years.
Rex Deputy Chairman John Sharp said, “this route is the casualty of Qantas’ illegal predatory behaviour to drive out competition in a war of attrition, knowing that its competitors do not have the balance sheet to lose money indefinitely”.
He said pre-COVID 22,000 passengers a year flew between the cities, “hardly enough for one carrier, let alone two” with the entry of QF adding another 31,000 seats of capacity.
“It is with a heavy heart that we have to exit this route…Rex has no choice but to look after itself.”
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