Rex Airlines saved as creditors vote for Air T takeover

US-based Air T will become the new owner of Regional Express Holdings (Rex) after creditors voted in favour of a deal to keep the airline's regional operations in the air. 

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#RexAirlines is an essential regional and remote service. It needs to be in #PublicOwnership. Late stage disaster capitalism cannot provides the lifeline infrastructure we need going forwards.

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Save Rex Airlines!

Australia's geography means our communities - regional and urban - depend on reliable, well-functioning airlines. Our citizens' ability to travel between cities and regional towns must not be dependent on market conditions or the whim of airline owners. If the Federal Government owned a stake in Rex - and appointed a "Safe and Secure Skies" Commission as an independent regulator as the Transport Workers Union have long called for - airline workers and the flying public would have a meaningful...

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