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Annabelle Banfield

MYSTERIOUS: Stiff regional competition keeping rex planes grounded | Mind Blowing Facts

Regional communities are suffering from a lack of budget flight options, an inquiry has heard. (Jane Dempster/AAP PHOTOS)

Bush communities are begging for more budget airfares even as regional airline Rex warns that stiff competition in small markets is pushing the airline to the brink.

Isolated and aging populations are being let down by expensive ticket costs, Madeleine Lawler, chief executive of Regional Development Australia on the Mid North Coast of NSW, warned.

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