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Virgin, Qantas slash fares on Canberra-Melbourne route to match Rex

Steve Evans
Updated May 19 2021 - 5:21pm, first published 9:30am
Rex Boeing 737. Picture: Rex
Rex Boeing 737. Picture: Rex

In a battle for the Canberra dollar, Qantas and Virgin Australia have slashed their fares to Melbourne the day after Rex Airlines disrupted the market by offering $69 tickets.

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Steve Evans

Steve Evans

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Steve Evans is a reporter on The Canberra Times. He's been a BBC correspondent in New York, London, Berlin and Seoul and the sole reporter/photographer/paper deliverer on The Glen Innes Examiner in country New South Wales. "All the jobs have been fascinating - and so it continues."

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