Aircraft secured for domestic expansion.
Regional Express (Rex) has signed Letters of Intent to lease six Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft which will operate its soon-to-launch domestic operations between Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
The first 737 jet will be delivered on 01 November, with the remaining five aircraft to be phased in over the following four months.
“Three of these aircraft will be deployed in the first phase of our launch on 01 March on the Sydney to Melbourne route, with another two aircraft beginning service before Easter,” said Rex Deputy Chairman John Sharp.
The lease agreements follow the securing of a major funding boost from Asian investment firm PAG Asia Capital last week.
More details in tomorrow’s edition of Travel Daily.