ONE YEAR ON, WHAT WENT WRONG with BONZA? – Cairns to Gold Coast Economy Class | TRIP REPORT
G’Day everyone,
In February, last year I headed to Cairns to try out the new airline Bonza. This aircraft was wet leased from Flair Airlines and had Canadian crew on board which was cool. This was a very pleasant flight with great food on board. But what went wrong with Bonza? An airline with so much potential failing so soon. Would appreciate if you like, comment and subscribe to the channel and please give me some feedback on how the trip report was.
Flight Details
Airline – Bonza (AB)
Flight Number – AB1608
Destination – Gold Coast (OOL)
Aircraft – Boeing 737 Max 8
Registration – C-FLHI
Flight Date – 11/2/25
Meal – Combo Deal – Sweet Chili Chicken Wrap (Main)
Seat – 19F
Flight Duration – 1:51hrs
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2 Comments
Great stuff mate! I never had a chance to go onboard Bonza, but on the surface it seemed to offer a decent product!
I think another reason why Bonza went wrong, was such BIG players in the aviation market as QANTAS., bullying new commers out of the market making sure they didn't get the chance to capture such important city locations in Australia.