The future of Regional Express Airlines, or REX, is literally up in the air with the financially troubled carrier going into voluntary administration overnight.
A notice posted on the airline’s website says all regional planes are still flying as scheduled, but jet services between capital cities have been cancelled.
REX is still taking bookings in and out of Devonport, Burnie and King Island, but jet flights in and out of Hobart have been cancelled.
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The airline hasn’t made a profit since the pandemic and has been losing around $1 million dollars a week.
Rex employs around 2000 aviation workers around…
