Rex 'can't survive six months of coronavirus' unless govt helps airlines

Andrew Marshall
Updated March 20 2020 - 12:28pm, first published March 18 2020 - 4:30pm
Regional Express says the coronavirus emergency is of proportions not seen since the Second World War and is not expected to abate for at least nine months.
Regional Express says the coronavirus emergency is of proportions not seen since the Second World War and is not expected to abate for at least nine months.

Australia's largest regional airline, Regional Express, faces crippling financial losses due to coronavirus' impact on travel activity and says bush carriers are on the brink of collapse.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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