❓ Mr Rundle questions the Minister for Transport regarding Rex Airlines entering administration and its impact on regional air routes. The Minister assures the government's commitment to maintaining these routes.
AnsweredQoN 483Legislative Assembly
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REX AIRLINES — REGIONAL ROUTES
483. Mr P.J. RUNDLE to the Minister for Transport:
I think we have a couple of minutes
of question time left after that copious reply.
I refer to the recent news that
regional airline provider Rex Airlines has entered administration. I note it is
the carrier for several regional communities, including Albany, Carnarvon and
Esperance, on regulated routes.
(1) What action
has the government taken to ensure these air routes remain in place to provide
a critical connection to regional communities?
(2) What advice
has the Minister for Transport received about the ongoing viability of routes
currently operated by Rex Airlines?
(3) What
assurances can the government provide to families, businesses and communities
that these routes will remain in operation in the long term?
483. Mr P.J. RUNDLE to the Minister for Transport:
I think we have a couple of minutes
of question time left after that copious reply.
I refer to the recent news that
regional airline provider Rex Airlines has entered administration. I note it is
the carrier for several regional communities, including Albany, Carnarvon and
Esperance, on regulated routes.
(1) What action
has the government taken to ensure these air routes remain in place to provide
a critical connection to regional communities?
(2) What advice
has the Minister for Transport received about the ongoing viability of routes
currently operated by Rex Airlines?
(3) What
assurances can the government provide to families, businesses and communities
that these routes will remain in operation in the long term?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(3) First of all, there has been no better friend of
regional air travel than this government. We have gone in and subsidised
regional airfares, supported regional air routes and helped support the
creation and expansion of Nexus Airlines. There has been no bigger friend of
regional air travel than this government. As soon as we were informed of what
was happening with Rex Airlines, we sought immediate meetings to be held
between my office, the agency and the administrator's representatives
to ensure that the existing regional routes will continue—and they are
continuing—and we let the public know that those regional routes will
continue. Of course, the east–west routes are no longer continuing. We
continue to be ready to do what we can to make sure regional residents continue
to have access to affordable air travel and that the existing services
continue.
regional air travel than this government. We have gone in and subsidised
regional airfares, supported regional air routes and helped support the
creation and expansion of Nexus Airlines. There has been no bigger friend of
regional air travel than this government. As soon as we were informed of what
was happening with Rex Airlines, we sought immediate meetings to be held
between my office, the agency and the administrator's representatives
to ensure that the existing regional routes will continue—and they are
continuing—and we let the public know that those regional routes will
continue. Of course, the east–west routes are no longer continuing. We
continue to be ready to do what we can to make sure regional residents continue
to have access to affordable air travel and that the existing services
continue.
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