Thread: Qantas trying to force REX out of their country routes.

Nothing new there - Qantas did the same with Compass in the early 90s deliberately lowering their fares to lower than Compass to wipe them out. Even though Qantas was making a huge loss they had the resources to sustain it longer than Compass who had little backup resources.

Fortunately Consumer Laws have drastically changed since then and I doubt that Qantas will be permitted to unreasonably undercut Rex.

Originally Posted by 101RRS

Nothing new there - Qantas did the same with Compass in the early 90s deliberately lowering their fares to lower than Compass to wipe them out. Even though Qantas was making a huge loss they had the resources to sustain it longer than Compass who had little backup resources.

Fortunately Consumer Laws have drastically changed since then and I doubt that Qantas will be permitted to unreasonably undercut Rex.

We can only hope.

I agree, Hazeltons which became REX have been servicing here for a long time, where QANTAS has never bothered up until now. Although QANTAS have now moved into the local airport. It'll be interesting to see how it goes. Hopefully REX survive... but up their baggage limits into line with the other players.

To be fair though, REX have decided to take on the big boys on the main east coast routes of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne so when you do that they must expect some reaction from Qantas and Virgin.

REX | Australian regional airline reveals new Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne domestic routes | escape.com.au

Originally Posted by 101RRS

To be fair though, REX have decided to take on the big boys on the main east coast routes of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne so when you do that they must expect some reaction from Qantas and Virgin.

REX | Australian regional airline reveals new Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne domestic routes | escape.com.au

Some of the busiest air routes in the world. I hope they're not using their SAAB prop aircraft for those routes!

Originally Posted by Slunnie

Some of the busiest air routes in the world. I hope they're not using their SAAB prop aircraft for those routes!

No they have the ex Virgin 737s that Virgin dumped when they downsized.

Originally Posted by 101RRS

To be fair though, REX have decided to take on the big boys on the main east coast routes of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne so when you do that they must expect some reaction from Qantas and Virgin.

REX | Australian regional airline reveals new Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne domestic routes | escape.com.au

Exactly, 101RRS.

I reckon there was a "gentleman's agreement" to stay off each other's turf (personal opinion only). I worked at Qantaslink for 15 years and we only competed with Rex on a couple of routes. They had theirs, we had ours. It seemed to work okay.

Anyone who thinks QF and VAA aren't going to try and hold their slice of the pie on the triangle route is crazy.

Sharp and co will probably have a big sook to the government, and ask for (and receive) more handouts, just like when Covid hit. Nice to be a former politician with connections Rex received a disproportionate handout compared to QF and VAA, which arguably 'might' have helped them secure the 737's in the first place.

Originally Posted by 101RRS

To be fair though, REX have decided to take on the big boys on the main east coast routes of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne so when you do that they must expect some reaction from Qantas and Virgin.

REX | Australian regional airline reveals new Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne domestic routes | escape.com.au

I heard today that REX will be doing Grafton to Melbourne flights, which is great for us on the mid north coast. Coffs airport has qantas/tiger/virgin only doing flights to and from sydney now, which totally sucks.