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Sorry but you don't get to unilaterally decide that all the "milk run" destinations in QLD don't exist just because the QLD Government contracts them, sad to say but these communities still do exist despite your assertions that they have somehow magically vanished from the face of the earth...

Approx 41 or 42 ports (excluding state capital cities) on the Rex regional network at the moment and I would say 22-25 of those ports have another competitor (mostly Qantaslink or Link/Sharp or someone else) I think you have summarized the logic in that the government will need to determine...

Exactly and the simple logistics is right now QF don't even have the aircraft to run their own schedule reliably and its not like Qantas have 20-30 spare Dash-8-200s or -300s sitting idle in the hanger waiting for Rex to fall over either. Qantas indicated they would be retiring their smaller...

Yeah - across 84 existing B737-800s and -700s (ignoring the new delivery B737-Max8s) that $1.3M per aircraft for 6 more Y seats on each aircraft adds up to an extra 504 Y seats in total. Hence, each one of those seats costs VA $218,253, now spread that across 5 sectors per day average, and say...

Just off topic but just had a chance to fly both versions of the VA B738 back to back yesterday (a 30 row aircraft with the typical purple divider and then a 31 row refurb without the purple business class divider but with new tablet holders and seatback usb) and while usb and holders are good...

Incredible that it has taken Covid and two sets of administrators over 4+ years and only on the second Rex administration that the management of Rex and Virgin have got over their own ego's and tried to co-operate now that Rex is at deaths door, and I assume the Fed Government had told them to...

Yep there are certainly some good deals out there and provided you are prepared to rely on WhatsApp/Messenger/Signal/Line for talking to people overseas then its worth considering. All of these prepaid plans are great if you never leave Australia, but they are mostly a fail if attempting to...

So 7 months later and an unsuccesful chargeback and then requiring the intervention of a state consumer regulator and only the threat of referring to the Qantas legal department got the OP a satisfactory result? At least the airline didnt settle on the steps of the court on the morning of a...

Every time someone I know has changed their mobile service provider/ISP/data plan the process of migrating a customer over has been mishandled by one or both carriers, it's just not worth the risk and aggrovation in my opinion, as you only need to have one billing mistake or have a missed...

That article pretty much points out all the details with the extenuating circumstances that this is Spa, resurfaced, and there is no warm-down lap to pick up debris, and the race was clean with no VSC or real safety car so higher fuel consumption so everyone who was short fueled (which is pretty...

Yes exactly - Rex always had a plan to maximize the life of its Saab 340 fleet by buying lots of aircraft/parts and having spare frames to cannibalize for parts, just like any operator of an aircraft that has been out of production for a while. There is nothing new or unique in that situation...

If I had to choose one I would guess that their flagship route might now be possibly BNE-ADL provided its operated by a B738 in 2-class config with IFE /WiFi and divider (proper lounges on both ends, main hub being BNE) and long enough to enjoy a J class meal but not so long that you realize how...

The other issue is really all about a suitable replacement for the Saab 340 aircraft in the long run, a 1 for 1 replacement not even on the design table yet - let alone flying. As others have pointed out the Federal Government has finally come to its senses about regional airport screening so...

Your experience may have been common for other people as well, the funny thing is that the listed ASX company you refer to in your third paragraph was also possibly pissing and moaning about high airfares and unreliable schedules of the 2 major airlines in Australia.... The accountants and...

Yes there would be FIFO & management & mining industry contractors (people).

Yes they have made a mistake, if they reneg on their already offered and ticketed reroute from PER to SYD on VA and then SYD-HND on NH (return) you will have fun putting them through a consumer law misleading and deceptive conduct proceedings, which you will win as a slam dunk. Hang onto your...

Agree with all your good points there, although ANA continued flying between Australia and Japan even throughout Covid, so that seems to me that they have a solid commitment to the market for some reason and/or there must be some money in it, considering they are competing against JL JQ and QF...

Agree - this is a business that potentially had all the right ingredients for success (good staff, aircraft and on-time performance and a good regional network) while both Virgin and Qantas were busy self-sabotaging with lack of capacity, sky-high airfares, extensive delays, lost baggage, "not...

Agree - wrong place due to wrong aircraft, if they were able to fly direct from HND to even BNE SYD or MEL they would have been filling the planes full of Australians who have been flocking to Japan in record numbers, just like JQ QF NH and JL who have all been filling their planes with...

Slot squatting by Bain who thought that they were the cleverest in the room. Not looking so clever now by missing the IPO window with presumably the capacity handed back to Qantstar just in time for the profitable ski season. Facepalm moment for Bain and the management at Virgin who dealt...