Delta Air Lines has signed an interline service agreement with Rex Airlines giving more travel options to passengers and ease of travel. As a part of the agreement, Australian travellers will have an access to over 40 US destinations. Also, passengers travelling from either the US, Canada or Mexico can also connect to more than 58 Australian destinations, including Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, the Gold Coast, Coffs Harbour, and Port Macquarie.
Rex passengers will now be able to book all flights, including connecting flights, under one booking.
John Sharp AM, Deputy Chairman, Rex said: “We are proud to enhance our services to our ever-increasing loyal customers by offering seamless connections from our regional and domestic ports to a quality international carrier such as Delta Air Lines. This interline arrangement will make it easier for Australians to visit the US allowing customers to connect to Delta Air Lines’ US network and for Americans to explore more of Australia with over 58 destinations. We are thrilled to be working with a world-class airline.”
The news comes just a day after the airline announced its domestic jet operations had swung into profitability for the month of September 2022, the first time since resuming operations in February 2022.
Lim Kim Hai, Executive Chairman, Rex said: “To turn in a profit so soon after the restart of operations is truly unprecedented in the airline world. True to form, our domestic jet network passenger numbers for the first three months of this financial year grew by 60%, 34% and 77% respectively when compared to June 2022. Revenue growth has been even stronger at 84%, 47%, and 137% for the same three months, suggesting significant yield improvements.”
Nicole Bennett, Australia and New Zealand head of sales, Delta Air Lines said: “We are excited to be expanding the domestic Australian relationship with Rex Airlines to enable our customers to connect seamlessly to our daily Sydney - Los Angeles flight. This service will increase to 10 flights per week from 18 December flying our flagship A350
Rex operates a fleet of 61 Saab 340 and 7 Boeing 737-800NG aircraft to 58 destinations across all of Australia.