Rex to axe more jobs after going into voluntary administration
Administrators for regional airline Rex will cut an additional 73 jobs, including aircraft support officers, team leaders, customer services officers, ground school trainees, pilot trainees, and call centre operators.
The news comes after consulting firm EY was appointed in July after the airline fell into voluntary administration. EY confirmed the latest round of job losses in an email sent to employees on Monday afternoon.
“At this stage, subject to the outcome of a consultation process, it is proposed that 73 of 261 current positions will become redundant,” the email read.
“No decisions have been made about which employees will be retrenched as a result of the redundancy of any position.
“No final decision will be confirmed in relation to the proposed structure until we complete this consultation process.”
According to the ABC, the administrators will be meeting with hundreds of impacted employees on Monday afternoon.
“The administrators commenced consultation with an additional 261 employees in areas of the business that have a higher headcount than what is required for the operation of a regionally focused airline,” EY said in a statement.
“Subject to the outcome of these consultations… under one-third of those participating in consultations may be impacted.
“No changes have been made to the operations of the regional network, and the Rex Group has retained all employees who operate these regional services.”
This means that 667 redundancies have been made since the airline was placed in the hands of the administrators in late July. EY originally estimated around 610 jobs would be lost.
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