The site will serve both Australia and New Zealand and aims to eventually boost the accuracy of GPS signals to as little as 10 centimetres.

The extra service, which was initially due to launch in November, means the carrier will now fly to the Queensland capital 25 times per week in total.

The news comes as three of Australia’s four major gateways – Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane – remain below pre-pandemic levels, while Perth has exceeded them on the back of strong regional passenger figures.

The Australian has reported Sam Freeman, a partner at administrator EY Australia, saying Rex’s 737 fleet is “permanently grounded” and that EY is looking to present sale options to creditors within 25 working days. Asian investor PAG is believed to be in the mix.