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On 13/7/2023 2:15 pm, Rod Speed wrote:

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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 <dwalford@westpine.com.au> wrote

Rod Speed wrote

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.

For the sake of competition I hope that they find routes that make them profitable.

There aren't any with a plane that big.
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On 14/7/2023 4:02 am, Rod Speed wrote:

Daryl <dwalford@westpine.com.au> wrote

Rod Speed wrote

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.

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

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Daryl <dwalford@westpine.com.au> wrote

Rod Speed wrote

Daryl <dwalford@westpine.com.au> wrote

Rod Speed wrote

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.

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.

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.

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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