Jake Nelson

In an email to Rex staff seen by the ABC, administrators EY Australia said 73 out of 261 more Rex domestic positions are likely to face the axe, with 594 having already been shed. The redundancies will reduce Rex’s workforce to around its pre-domestic-expansion levels of 1,200 employees.

The $1.79 million early-stage project looks to develop a ‘lightweight, high-pressure, hydrogen vessel (tank) using Advanced Fiber Placement (AFP) technology’ specifically for hydrogen-powered drones.

Former Rex executive chairman Lim Kim Hai allegedly recorded the meeting at the end of July, at which the board voted to appoint EY as administrators, without the consent of those present, according to reports in The Australian and The Australian Financial Review.

The free bookings, which were announced as Rex went into administration on 31 July, are enough to fill around 715 737-800s at full capacity, with 30,000 of the rebooked flights having already been taken.

The Australia Travel Declaration will be accessible to passengers on select Qantas flights from New Zealand, who will be able to complete it through the Qantas app up to 72 hours before arrival.

While total ground delays were up 33 per cent during the month, most of these were due to weather issues including crosswinds at Sydney and low visibility events in Brisbane and Melbourne, and just 2 per cent were attributable to Airservices.