Regional and Remote Airport Support Program

A total of $5 million will be available over 2025-26 for the Regional and Remote Airport Support Program. The program will provide financial relief to operators of regional and remote airports that were owed money by the Rex Airlines regional business when it entered voluntary administration.

This includes:

• Regional Express Holdings Limited (ACN 099 547 270)
• Regional Express Pty Ltd (ACN 101 325 642)
• Rex Investment Holdings Pty Ltd (ACN 101 317 677).

The intended outcomes of the program are to:

• support critical aviation services to connect remote and regional communities across Australia
• support local governments in regional and remote areas to maintain essential services.

You can apply if you:

• have an Australian business number (ABN)
• operate a regional or remote airport as defined in the ACCC Domestic Airline Competition Report August 2025 (refer to the Airport and Remoteness tab in the Appendix)
• are an unsecured creditor of the Rex Airlines regional business
• can meet the additional eligibility requirements listed in 4.2 of the grant opportunity guidelines.

and are one of the following entities:

• an entity, incorporated in Australia
• an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cth)
• an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust
• an Australian local government agency or body as defined in Section 13 of the grant opportunity guidelines.

You can’t apply if you are:

• any organisation not included in section 4.1 of the grant opportunity guidelines
• an organisation included on the National Redress Scheme’s list of Institutions that have not joined or signified their intent to join the Scheme
• an employer of 100 or more employees that has not complied with the Workplace Gender Equality Act (2012)
• an eligible entity in section 4.1 of the grant opportunity guidelines applying wholly or partly on behalf of a subcontractor or airport business with unsecured debt owed by the Rex Airlines regional business.