Australia’s Rex Airlines will launch a new Melbourne-Perth service with its Boeing 737-800 fleet, competing with Qantas and Virgin Australia in the full-service segment on the route.
Rex will fly five days a week between the two cities from Friday 28 June, offering fares from A$299 (US$197) each way in economy class and A$999 for business class.
Rex’s 737-800s feature eight 2-2 business class recliners and 168 3-3 economy class seats.
Airline general manager network strategy, Warrick Lodge, said the new service, which is Rex’s 11th domestic service with its 737 fleet, will add close to 90,000 seats to one of the nation’s busiest routes, which is great news for business, trade, tourism and travellers.
“When more airlines compete on a particular route, consumers benefit and our record in the domestic markets speaks for itself – Rex delivers terrific value for money,” Lodge said.
“Rex consistently outshines its domestic rivals in on-time performance and cancellation rates, and when travellers are booking a route of this distance and duration, reliability is paramount.
“Our competitors cancelled 57 flights in total on this route in the first four months of 2024, while their combined on-time arrival and departure performance was only around 72 per cent.”
