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Old 4th November 2020, 08:52 PM
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So the current VH-REX, a SAAB 340 currently operating in W A will have to be re-registered.
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Old 5th November 2020, 01:24 PM
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Apparently VH-VUF will become VH-REX.
Currently inbound to YSSY https://flightaware.com/live/flight/VHVUF
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Old 5th November 2020, 01:39 PM
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Odd flight path if heading to YSSY
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Old 5th November 2020, 01:55 PM
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Odd flight path if heading to YSSY
Holding due to traffic and wx, remember it has no priority!
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Old 5th November 2020, 04:14 PM
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TA - I checked later and see that now. It had tracked well to the SW when I posted.
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Old 6th November 2020, 08:24 AM
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Rex ready to battle Qantas, Virgin on Sydney-Melbourne

Regional Express will dedicate its first six Boeing 737 jets to the Sydney-Melbourne route from March 2021, before growing its fleet and capital city network from the second half of the year.

It’s a brazenly ambitious assault on Australia’s hyper-competitive corridor – the industry’s crown jewel for corporate and leisure travel – which will put Rex against muscle-bound incumbent Qantas and a streamlined Virgin Australia.

The first of six Boeing 737s – all previously leased to Virgin Australia – is now being readied for delivery to Rex’s Sydney base, where it will be used for ground training as well as venturing into the sky for proving flights (still in a de-branded white livery) in early December.

At least three jets – one of them said to the airline’s nominal flagship, bearing the registration VH-REX, which is currently assigned to a Saab 340B – will take part in the March 1 launch of Sydney-Melbourne flights, with three more now slated to be in place by early April.

Those six Boeing 737s all date from the Virgin Blue era and carry an average age of 11.5 years, predating the release of the later Virgin Australia aircraft featuring the modern 'Boeing Sky Interior'.
'Virgin not in our cross-hairs'

Executive Traveller understands these ex-Virgin jets will largely be flown by ex-Virgin pilots, backed by ex-Virgin attendants and ex-Virgin engineers.

Even Rex’s internal Project Mother codename for its capital city push was a nod to the Brisbane-based challenger, because “Mother is the opposite of Virgin” chuckles Rex deputy chairman John Sharp.

All the same, Sharp insists that Rex doesn’t have specifically Virgin Australia in its cross-hairs.

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No longer the case as BNE-SYD starts at Easter i guess with aircraft 4.
There is a REX press release out yesterday stating this.
Also mayby a new livery?
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Old 6th November 2020, 09:26 AM
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Also mayby a new livery?
Yes by month end
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Old 6th November 2020, 10:33 AM
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AA has confirmed that VUF is heading for REX.
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Old 6th November 2020, 10:36 AM
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I'm sitting here wishing they update their livery, they need it!

Perfect opportunity.
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Old 6th November 2020, 11:33 AM
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I don't know, I kind of like how their current livery looks on the SAABs. Simplicity suits the little buggers.

On the other hand, I certainly don't think that same livery would look good at all on a larger aircraft like the 737.
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