Regional Express airline has done its third backflip in as many days with the airline saying it will now continue its Queensland services past April 1.
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After announcing support for government measures to save the aviation on Monday, Rex suddenly changed its mind on Tuesday to say its Queensland services were stopping on April 1.
But following a last minute intervention from the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads Rex has now agreed to reverse its decision to suspend services.
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Rex will resume full services on Wednesday 1 April 2020 and will introduce a reduced schedule from 2 April 2020 on all five TMR regulated routes.
A final agreement has not yet been reached with TMR on the reduced schedule, however Rex will run the reduced schedule in good faith until April 8 when they warn the total suspension of all Rex's services in Queensland may still proceed.
The Gulf Route will see a temporary reduction from five to three return services a week on Monday, Thursday, and Friday departures (excluding Karumba), Townsville to Winton will run only on Thursday, Townsville Mount Isa will run only on Fridays and the Brisbane-Birdsville-Mount Isa will run only on Monday returning Tuesday.
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