rex Celebrating 20 Years
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rex Celebrating 20 Years
Full page advertisement in today’s The Australian celebrating Rex’s twenty years of service to the Australian community.
Even PM Albanese gets in on the Rex backslapping.
Even PM Albanese gets in on the Rex backslapping.
This is what they said in an ASX announcement at the end of June last year ,
REX SECURES TWO ADDITIONAL BOEING 737-800NGs
Rex today announced it had signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with a lessor for the lease of two Boeing 737-800NGs.
The two aircraft are expected to arrive in late August, increasing the 737 fleet to eight, and are scheduled to enter service on Rex's domestic network in September.
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"We hope to lease another two aircraft to take our fleet size to 10 before the end of this year as foreshadowed in our plan announced last September."
Rex today announced it had signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with a lessor for the lease of two Boeing 737-800NGs.
The two aircraft are expected to arrive in late August, increasing the 737 fleet to eight, and are scheduled to enter service on Rex's domestic network in September.
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"We hope to lease another two aircraft to take our fleet size to 10 before the end of this year as foreshadowed in our plan announced last September."
Last edited by MickG0105; 2nd Aug 2022 at 09:48. Reason: Formatting
The numbers today are nothing short of grim. Absolutely horrendous. The thing is dead and died months ago.
Last edited by PoppaJo; 2nd Aug 2022 at 14:07.
Poppa
Care to share numbers rather that your opinion?
Do you have data, a spreadsheet or even any actual numbers?
I get it, you are dearly wanting REX to fail and you totally love where you work and don't want competition to effect your conditions, so you spot a couple of flights with low numbers of pax getting on or off and extrapolate those numbers to every flight
You see QF JQ and VA with close to full as they regularly cancel flights and amalgamate loads, obviously REX don't have that option, well not yet....
Lets look logically
If, for example, REX jet was performing so badly one would assume
1) They would not be adding more 738s
2) They may sit on current numbers and chase some FIFO work out west and move existing frames over to the west
However
If things look promising one would assume
1) More frames for greater frequency
2) More frames for more destinations and multi sector sales eg Perth to Gold Coast via Sydney or Melbourne
3) REX may well understand that to be competitive in jet opps, they will need a fleet of 20+ to cover destinations and frequency
And let's be honest, the last point scares the pants off you....
VH-MFM is due shortly...
Care to share numbers rather that your opinion?
Do you have data, a spreadsheet or even any actual numbers?
I get it, you are dearly wanting REX to fail and you totally love where you work and don't want competition to effect your conditions, so you spot a couple of flights with low numbers of pax getting on or off and extrapolate those numbers to every flight
You see QF JQ and VA with close to full as they regularly cancel flights and amalgamate loads, obviously REX don't have that option, well not yet....
Lets look logically
If, for example, REX jet was performing so badly one would assume
1) They would not be adding more 738s
2) They may sit on current numbers and chase some FIFO work out west and move existing frames over to the west
However
If things look promising one would assume
1) More frames for greater frequency
2) More frames for more destinations and multi sector sales eg Perth to Gold Coast via Sydney or Melbourne
3) REX may well understand that to be competitive in jet opps, they will need a fleet of 20+ to cover destinations and frequency
And let's be honest, the last point scares the pants off you....
VH-MFM is due shortly...
By what convolution of English do you arrive at two 'p's when contracting the word 'operations'?
Do you have a date for that?
MFM is not currently an assigned registration and the hex code quoted in that Planespotters entry is for a GA-8 Airvan.
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Mick
1) Why add frames during the height of the pandemic?
Perhaps if VA were gone, but that did not happen
2) I was referring to growing Cobham
3) In your opinion the utilization is low, they may well have a strategy with a significant uptick with increased frames, to my knowledge they have no 737s parked, can we say the same for VA / QF?
4) Stop being pedantic opps ops whatevs
5) I suggest you have a second look on Planespotters
1) Why add frames during the height of the pandemic?
Perhaps if VA were gone, but that did not happen
2) I was referring to growing Cobham
3) In your opinion the utilization is low, they may well have a strategy with a significant uptick with increased frames, to my knowledge they have no 737s parked, can we say the same for VA / QF?
4) Stop being pedantic opps ops whatevs
5) I suggest you have a second look on Planespotters
Mick
1) Why add frames during the height of the pandemic?
Perhaps if VA were gone, but that did not happen
2) I was referring to growing Cobham
3) In your opinion the utilization is low, they may well have a strategy with a significant uptick with increased frames, to my knowledge they have no 737s parked, can we say the same for VA / QF?
4) Stop being pedantic opps ops whatevs
5) I suggest you have a second look on Planespotters
1) Why add frames during the height of the pandemic?
Perhaps if VA were gone, but that did not happen
2) I was referring to growing Cobham
3) In your opinion the utilization is low, they may well have a strategy with a significant uptick with increased frames, to my knowledge they have no 737s parked, can we say the same for VA / QF?
4) Stop being pedantic opps ops whatevs
5) I suggest you have a second look on Planespotters
Around this time last year Rex told the ASX that they were adding two aircraft in late August, and increasing their 737 fleet to eight by September last year. Between that announcement and now domestic pax movements have quadrupled. And nothing happened to Rex's B737 fleet.
If they didn't/couldn't add aircraft during that sort of surge in demand what makes now a good time to be adding capacity?
Their utilisation rate is 20-30 percent below QF/VA. I don't know whether they have some form of religious observance policy in place, maybe they all get together and pray for better times (or a grant), but on Sundays half their fleet is still on the ground come mid-morning.
Try writing as though English was your first language. All this "opps", "frames", "strategy with significant uptick" nonsense has all the hallmarks of someone who has heard of few aviation terms and then throws them around trying to look like they understand the business.
Why? Did you just send through an update? That hex code, 7C3D80, is for an Airvan and -MFM isn't on the register. What else am I meant to be looking at?
I get it, you are dearly wanting REX to fail and you totally love where you work and don't want competition to effect your conditions, so you spot a couple of flights with low numbers of pax getting on or off and extrapolate those numbers to every flight
You see QF JQ and VA with close to full as they regularly cancel flights and amalgamate loads, obviously REX don't have that option, well not yet....
You see QF JQ and VA with close to full as they regularly cancel flights and amalgamate loads, obviously REX don't have that option, well not yet....
You will find the others are actually already full when they cancel flights. That’s the current issue at the moment, it’s not load related but operations related. Regardless, I haven’t had anything cancelled on my roster or at my base for the last fortnight. The last 3 days not a single seat available.
Your claims are just opinions and lies. Nobody asked Rex to start a 737 operation. Nobody asked Bonza to start some fantasy 737 operation. Serving a market that does not exist. I am not about wanting to see players fall over, I’m not about wanting to see operators doing bad, I’m all about a sustainable path forward for this profession. The most sustainable way for this profession over the next few decades is QF/VA/JQ and the regionals/charters. You could say that I’m anti competitive, wrong, simply the market isn’t big enough for more players, the proof is in the history. At the end of the day, what pisses me off is flight crews being screwed over. That’s all these time wasters achieve.
You will find the others are actually already full when they cancel flights. That’s the current issue at the moment, it’s not load related but operations related. Regardless, I haven’t had anything cancelled on my roster or at my base for the last fortnight. The last 3 days not a single seat available.
You will find the others are actually already full when they cancel flights. That’s the current issue at the moment, it’s not load related but operations related. Regardless, I haven’t had anything cancelled on my roster or at my base for the last fortnight. The last 3 days not a single seat available.
News flash, the 2 airline agreement ended decades ago.....
You say Australia is not big enough for 3 players (QF, Link, JQ are all one and the same as far as I am concerned)
Australia has some of the busiest trunk routes on the planet
Thinner routes are served in Asia, the US and Europe by 4 5 6 airlines with 2-4 flights daily
And if you are worried that a bit of competition will see you conditions suffer, you should be more worried about JQ and Network
Seems like the three new -800s are a thing
Rex Brings In More Boeings On Back Of A Bumper July Performance (simpleflying.com)
Rex Brings In More Boeings On Back Of A Bumper July Performance (simpleflying.com)
Australia has some of the busiest trunk routes on the planet
Thinner routes are served in Asia, the US and Europe by 4 5 6 airlines with 2-4 flights daily
And if you are worried that a bit of competition will see you conditions suffer, you should be more worried about JQ and Network
Thinner routes are served in Asia, the US and Europe by 4 5 6 airlines with 2-4 flights daily
And if you are worried that a bit of competition will see you conditions suffer, you should be more worried about JQ and Network
Now to waste 2 mins of my time and prove a point, a good example is this evening in the main trunk run. Virgin is no less than 95% full between 4-6pm. Rex is 20%. Later on tonight it appears the numbers sink further. Again, why do we need a third and fourth airline?
Can you explain to me in detail how this player with a few NGs is going to result in my pay being cut? Are you trying to say they are going to get 30 machines, rip the traffic away from the others, resulting in my employer and others reducing capacity and cutting conditions? Are you on drugs?
Busiest routes so that means guaranteed success? Not how it works buddy. Triangle is largely corporate which drives the numbers, all heavily skewed towards Qantas and Virgin with associated huge networks, international feed, corporate deals and so on. Jetstar has the low cost stuff, the other two play for the corporate traffic and premium leisure. All bases are covered, what market is Rex actually going for?
Now to waste 2 mins of my time and prove a point, a good example is this evening in the main trunk run. Virgin is no less than 95% full between 4-6pm. Rex is 20%. Later on tonight it appears the numbers sink further. Again, why do we need a third and fourth airline?
Can you explain to me in detail how this player with a few NGs is going to result in my pay being cut? Are you trying to say they are going to get 30 machines, rip the traffic away from the others, resulting in my employer and others reducing capacity and cutting conditions? Are you on drugs?
Now to waste 2 mins of my time and prove a point, a good example is this evening in the main trunk run. Virgin is no less than 95% full between 4-6pm. Rex is 20%. Later on tonight it appears the numbers sink further. Again, why do we need a third and fourth airline?
Can you explain to me in detail how this player with a few NGs is going to result in my pay being cut? Are you trying to say they are going to get 30 machines, rip the traffic away from the others, resulting in my employer and others reducing capacity and cutting conditions? Are you on drugs?
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Thought I’d join to educate a few on the topic. Is a few online platforms you can use. Not sure which one the poster is using above however if you have a subscription to Nexus, ExpertFlyer, KVS availability, you can see loads. How it works is these companies buy the data from the GDS (as do agents with full access ), they make a business from subscriptions.
Having a quick look I can see Rex loads on Nexus and ExpertF. I cannot see Jetstar or Qantaslink. Qantas is very patchy due to awards. Rex is a simple airline, the numbers are accurate. You can get a free subscription to the second one however I think they restrict viewing. The numbers are good post departure for accuracy with award seats you won’t get accurate data for some carriers. You use these platforms for award planning which can become a very useful tool. For example, Expert Flyer is giving a load for the now departing Melbourne to Sydney of around 30 people. A Sydney to Brisbane flight looks busy. A Melbourne to Adelaide flight about a third. The figures are the same on Nexus, so nothing wrong with the numbers. EDIT- Expert flyer seems to offer a free subscription but limits the amounts of searches to about half dozen flights a day. So anyone can go and suss out loads. I assume this is where the journalist and posters on this site get the loads from.
Having a quick look I can see Rex loads on Nexus and ExpertF. I cannot see Jetstar or Qantaslink. Qantas is very patchy due to awards. Rex is a simple airline, the numbers are accurate. You can get a free subscription to the second one however I think they restrict viewing. The numbers are good post departure for accuracy with award seats you won’t get accurate data for some carriers. You use these platforms for award planning which can become a very useful tool. For example, Expert Flyer is giving a load for the now departing Melbourne to Sydney of around 30 people. A Sydney to Brisbane flight looks busy. A Melbourne to Adelaide flight about a third. The figures are the same on Nexus, so nothing wrong with the numbers. EDIT- Expert flyer seems to offer a free subscription but limits the amounts of searches to about half dozen flights a day. So anyone can go and suss out loads. I assume this is where the journalist and posters on this site get the loads from.
Last edited by Mr_App; 3rd Aug 2022 at 10:12.
I’m excited to see a select few proven wrong when VH-MFM arrives from Europe mid this month.