In a dramatic reversal, the embattled airline’s former executive chairman Lim Kim Hai accepted he should face a fine and disqualification orders.

Rex told the market in early 2023 it expected to make a profit that financial year, then announced a major loss. By mid-2024, it had collapsed into administration.

With the airline on track for a $35 million loss, former executive chairman Lim Kim Hai green-lit a misleading profit prediction, ASIC alleges.

In a dramatic reversal, the embattled airline’s former executive chairman Lim Kim Hai accepted he should face a fine and disqualification orders.

Former Rex executive chair Lim Kim Hai admitted “to all alleged contraventions against him,” on the third day of the trial in NSW Supreme Court.