Australian regional airline Regional Express, known as Rex has gone into voluntary administration.
Rex announced an expansion into major destination routes in 2020, with 737 flights to capital cities including Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Brisbane.Fights from Sydney to Brisbane, Coolangatta Gold Coast and Adelaide are also off.If you were on one of the cancelled flights, rival airlines Virgin Australia and Qantas have stepped in to help.
Virgin Australia has made an offer to honour all prepaid tickets for direct services between domestic capital cities, at no additional cost. The flights it can offer people are Sydney to Brisbane, Melbourne, Gold Coast and Adelaide, Melbourne to Brisbane, Hobart, Perth, Canberra, Gold Coast and Adelaide, Adelaide to Brisbane, Perth and Brisbane to Cairns.Qantas and Jetstar are also helping passengers.How to get a refund if you've booked a Rex Airlines flightHowever, you could be covered by travel insurance if you've bought it.
You should also contact your credit card company as soon as possible and try and get your money back if your flight was bought that way.In February, it reported a net loss of $3.2 million for the first half of the 2023/24 financial year, the Sydney Morning Herald said.
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