Regional Express (Rex) has been voted by the Australian Traveller Readers' Choice Awards Survey as the "Best Australian Regional Airline" for the second time.

Rex won the same category in 2011, the Awards' inaugural year; and was a finalist in 2012.

The Australian Traveller Readers' Choice Awards Survey conducted over a three monthperiod saw over 1,100 readers nominate what they consider to be the best travel-relatedexperiences in Australia.

At the awards ceremony held yesterday in Sydney, Rex was chosen as the "Best AustralianRegional Airline" ahead of three other finalists, QantasLink, Virgin and Jetstar.

Honoured to receive the award on behalf of Rex was Rex's Chief Operating Officer GarryFilmer who said, "To be held in such high esteem by our very own passengers is incrediblyencouraging and we are very proud to have our passion for delivering safe, reliable andquality regional air services acknowledged in this way."

"We are thankful to our staff who consistently provide excellent customer service with apersonal touch, and on behalf of our Management and Board would like to thank them,across all 35 ports, for contributing to this achievement."

Regional Express (Rex) is Australia's largest independent regional airline operating a fleet ofmore than 40 Saab 340 aircraft on some 1,300 weekly flights to 35 destinations throughoutNew South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Queensland. The Rex Groupcomprises Regional Express, air freight and charter operator Pel-Air Aviation and Dubbobasedregional airline Air Link, as well as the pilot academy Australian Airline PilotAcademy.

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