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Rex officially launches direct Adelaide to Brisbane flights

The airline’s expansion has been met with enthusiasm, with the $149 launch fares seeing a lot of demand.

Yesterday marked a significant milestone for Rex as it launched its first flight from Adelaide to Brisbane. The airline’s expansion has been met with enthusiasm, with the $149 launch fares seeing a lot of demand.

The flight, ZL904, departed at 09.45 am, with several dignitaries, including South Australian Treasurer Stephen Mullighan, Rex’s Paul Fisher, and Adelaide Airport’s Dermot O’Neill, present to witness the event.

With this new route, Adelaide is now connected to three major cities: Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane, on the Rex network. Rex’s Deputy Chairman, the Hon John Sharp AM, highlighted that the new flights, operated by a Boeing 737-800NG, would add an impressive 124,000 seats annually between Brisbane and Adelaide.

“Our forward bookings on Adelaide-Brisbane indicate that passengers, fed-up with poor reliability and lousy service offered by other carriers, are already embracing Rex’s outstanding record of operational excellence,” Mr Sharp said.

“In September for example, just 58.1% of Jetstar’s flights departed on time while 11.4% of that airline’s flights were cancelled. Virgin cancelled 6.6% of its flights with only 67.2% of flights departing on time. Rex’s national average on its domestic fleet was nearly 80% for On Time Departure, with a cancellation rate of only 0.2%.”

South Australian Tourism Minister Zoe Bettison said: “It is great news that we can add another interstate flight into Adelaide, which gives both visitors to South Australia and those doing business in our state more opportunities to get here, discover our state and contribute to our economy.

“More capacity will assist our strong tourism sector and help capitalise on the significant amount of South Australian events ahead.

“Tourism has never been stronger, with our visitor economy now worth a record high $9.9 billion – an increase of $3.8 billion in just 12 months.”

Adelaide Airport Managing Director, Brenton Cox, also congratulated Rex on its inaugural Adelaide-Brisbane service, further strengthening aviation links between the two cities.

“Rex has made an immediate impression on Australia’s domestic market, and today’s launch comes on the back of the strong demand we’ve already witnessed on services from Adelaide to Melbourne and Sydney,” Mr Cox said.

“Rex has long been a strong supporter of the South Australian aviation market and we’re delighted that its domestic expansion is making a tangible difference and offering our customers more choice,” he said.

Rex, Australia’s largest independent regional and domestic airline, operates 58 Saab 340 and 9 Boeing 737-800NG aircraft, connecting 56 destinations across Australia. The Rex Group also includes subsidiaries like Pel-Air Aviation, the Australian Airline Pilot Academy, and Australian Aerospace Propeller Maintenance. Rex also holds a 50% stake in National Jet Express, a leading Fly-In-Fly-Out (FIFO), charter, and freight operator.

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