Rex airlines flights : Rex airlines flights I moved to Sydney assuming it was only a short flight, not a seven-hour drive, from my hometown. I am heartbroken that this may no longer be a possibility.
“Some ignorant person from Sydney texted in and said we should all just take the train,” my mother says over the phone.
Richard Glover reads her text on living out west, where food is grown and wine is created, on ABC Drive. “We need Rex to continue!” she pleaded.
My mother is panicking for a cause. Rex Airlines, Australia’s third-largest carrier, is struggling. All flights between major airports have been halted since Tuesday, when they entered voluntary administration.
This is unfortunate for those who choose to fly Rex between big cities. It is really unfortunate for the 350 workers who were promptly laid off, with hundreds more to follow.
For those of us who fly on Saab 340s to rural locations, there has never been a better opportunity to write about the airline’s relevance to country inhabitants. Especially after the fast rise and fall of Bonza, Australia’s disastrous effort at a low-cost, regional airline.
I was raised in Griffith, a town in the NSW Riverina, and have spent many years travelling to and from Sydney. I have gone on those meandering rural roads with my family of six, with university buddies, and alone myself countless times.
Griffith is approximately 570 miles west of Sydney. It normally takes seven hours to travel, with a McDonald’s pitstop.
The 10-hour train voyage, which used to include a two-hour stopover at Cootamundra, is available twice a week.
Alternatively, there are infrequent, overcrowded public or boarding school buses that stop in every remote village with a post office and a dilapidated bar along the way.
On rare occasions, and for only one and a half hours of flight time (pending delays), I board a white, orange, and blue Rex jet.
Are you flying with checked baggage? Rex includes baggage in his prices. Are you flying solo? You can request a single window seat before boarding. Sweet or savory? Yes, free snacks and beverages are included with the admission fee.
Do you need us to arrange you a cab once you arrive in Griffith? Door-to-door service unlike any other. Eight times out of ten, you will seat next to someone you know on a Rex trip to Griffith. Chances are you know half of the plane! Every flight seems like a mini-hometown reunion.