Australian Government May Consider Purchasing Regional Airline Rex is published in Aviation Daily, an Aviation Week ...

The government, having sent that airline bust, decides it needs to buy the business because it’s too important to lose, thus costing taxpayers more. The government created this mess. Just break up the ...

It’s all perfectly normal for a government to step in and buy a failed airline, says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

The Australian government may make bankrupt regional carrier Rex a state-owned airline after keeping the business afloat for months via government-backed guarantees. Administrators have been working ...

Labor nationalising Rex “is not a good idea” that would “distort competition”, “remove market forces” and result in the government and the taxpayer “taking on a lot of risk”, an aviation expert has ...

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

Australian aviation isn’t just an industry – it’s a messy headline. And it’s now a sector which is far too influenced by non-shareholders – its major union and the federal government.

Hours after Rex went into administration, the watchdog told Treasurer Jim Chalmers it was probing the airline for deceiving ...

Anthony Albanese is contemplating getting the government back in the airline business. Thirty years after Paul Keating sold Qantas, the government has a plan to buy regional carrier Rex, which has ...

Not only is the nationalisation of Rex not required to maintain air services to regions, it is wrong in principle based on ...

The federal government could throw a lifeline to Rex Airlines if a potential buyer isn't prepared to commit to providing ...

Regional airlines shut out of discussions about Rex’s future, have again called for the Albanese government to work with them to avoid an outcome where the failed carrier is nationalised.