Labor could buy the collapsed airline Regional Express if a new private owner does ... and Bonza sacked 340 people, pushing up domestic airfares as capacity remained down on pre-pandemic levels.

The Australian government has become the principal secured creditor of embattled operator Regional Express ... 737 flights were immediately grounded, the airline has continued its Saab 340 ...

Experts are questioning why taxpayers should be placed on the hook for bailing out Rex through a government takeover if ...

Saab is well known as a car manufacturer, but as an aircraft manufacturer they have created some iconic fighter jets. With ...

The Albanese Government is offering support to potential buyers of regional airline Rex and has flagged taking over the ...

Seven months after the airline formerly known as Regional Express was taken into administration ... unsalvageable,” he said. “Rex’s Saab 340s are relics. Buying Rex is like purchasing ...

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But there was next to no interest in taking on the regional airline which relies on a fleet of ageing Saab 340s. Of the 57 aircraft, with an average age of 30.7 years, 29 are currently parked ...

Republic Airlines, not to be confused with current regional carrier republic airways ... transitioned the airline's fleet exclusively to the Saab 340. In April 1997, Northwest Airlines purchased ...