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Regional Express to add daily Adelaide-Brisbane to network
September 4th 2023
Australia's Regional Express (Rex) will introduce daily nonstop Adelaide-Brisbane to its capital city schedule on October 30. Read More » “Step by step, our footprint is growing as we continue to spread our wings with the goal of flying to, and between, all of our capital cities,” Rex deputy chair, John Sharp, said. Adelaide Airport managing director, Brenton Cox, welcomed the Rex service and added Adelaide was building towards pre-pandemic domestic passenger numbers.” Brisbane Airport CEO, Gert-Jan de Graaff, said the Adelaide-Brisbane route had been “starved of capacity” and is 88% of pre-COVID levels at present. The addition of the daily Rex service will lift that figure to 99%, De Graaff said. The route will be flown by 737-800s.