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Down the tubes they go after only 6 months
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Rod Speed
2023-07-13 04:15:53 UTC
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Daryl
2023-07-13 05:24:13 UTC
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No great surprises there, some of those routes were always very unlikely
to have enough demand to fill an aircraft like the 737.
For the sake of competition I hope that they find routes that make them
profitable.
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Daryl
Rod Speed
2023-07-13 18:02:54 UTC
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Post by Rod Speed
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-13/sunshine-coast-bonza-slights-scrapped/102596110
No great surprises there, some of those routes were always very unlikely
to have enough demand to fill an aircraft like the 737.
Yeah, it was always a hare brained scheme.
Post by Daryl
For the sake of competition I hope that they find routes that make them
profitable.
There aren't any with a plane that big.
Daryl
2023-07-14 09:09:46 UTC
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Post by Rod Speed
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-13/sunshine-coast-bonza-slights-scrapped/102596110
No great surprises there, some of those routes were always very
unlikely to have enough demand to fill an aircraft like the 737.
Yeah, it was always a hare brained scheme.
Post by Daryl
For the sake of competition I hope that they find routes that make
them profitable.
There aren't any with a plane that big.
Melbourne to the Sunshine coast maybe.
I'm flying to Brisbane next week and because of where I'm staying I
thought of booking a Bonza flight, difference in travel time between the
Sunshine Coast airport and where I'm staying is only about 15mins more
than from Brisbane airport.
Ended up just flying into to Brisbane because we found some cheap
flights plus since its a very early flight rather than getting someone
to pick us up we are getting the train 3/4s of the way to where we are
staying.
The Bonza fares were also only $40 total cheaper than Jetstar so not a
lot of difference.
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Daryl
Rod Speed
2023-07-14 18:22:43 UTC
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Post by Rod Speed
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-13/sunshine-coast-bonza-slights-scrapped/102596110
No great surprises there, some of those routes were always very
unlikely to have enough demand to fill an aircraft like the 737.
Yeah, it was always a hare brained scheme.
Post by Daryl
For the sake of competition I hope that they find routes that make
them profitable.
There aren't any with a plane that big.
Melbourne to the Sunshine coast maybe.
That's not going to fill all their planes all year round.
Post by Daryl
I'm flying to Brisbane next week and because of where I'm staying I
thought of booking a Bonza flight, difference in travel time between the
Sunshine Coast airport and where I'm staying is only about 15mins more
than from Brisbane airport.
Sure, but fuck all are in that situation.
Post by Daryl
Ended up just flying into to Brisbane because we found some cheap
flights plus since its a very early flight rather than getting someone
to pick us up we are getting the train 3/4s of the way to where we are
staying.
The Bonza fares were also only $40 total cheaper than Jetstar so not a
lot of difference.
But no chance of paying for the cost of running that plane
on that route even if they do manage to fill the plane.

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