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  Food on 29/12/2023 - 14:16

  +1

  Steer clear from OOL flights. Ongoing CASA certification issues only have granted Flair (read: Flonza) a 90 day pass, and most likely will either see you on a Nauru 737-300 dinosaur or cancelled altogether (most likely).

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    enthusiast on 29/12/2023 - 15:09

    +2

    Gotta start somewhere! Great to have a low cost connection now to SE QLD for those living in northern Tasmania and Mount Isa. The latter is particularly expensive to travel between!

    They're using 737 Max 8's at the moment: https://australianaviation.com.au/2023/12/all-systems-go-for…

    Obviously if you're needing more regular options for business travel there are some out of Brisbane, but for leisure and visiting family/friends these are great. I normally fly from MCY, and on one 4-hour delayed flight, we were notified well in advance of the schedule change, so no worries.

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    Grannular on 29/12/2023 - 20:20

    +1

    Australia: we need more domestic competition.
    Also Australia: poo pooing an airline entrant trying something different to bring competition where the big carriers won't go.

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      Food on 29/12/2023 - 22:08

      Who said we are "poo pooing" them? Just stating facts. I want them to work but their Flonza venture is not working.

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      stewy on 30/12/2023 - 02:11

      Well Bonza could try actually registering their new planes in Australia and crewing it with Australians….

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  mochariffic on 29/12/2023 - 14:30

  +3

  I've had a good run with Bonza MCY and BDB flights to MEL, being in a regional area I am just grateful for some direct flights

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    Dice on 29/12/2023 - 14:47

    +1

    I had a good experience gc to mel return. Plane looked brand new inside.

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  alz on 29/12/2023 - 14:34

  -2

  They don't fly from Sydney why

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    enthusiast on 29/12/2023 - 14:47

    See the linked articles at the end of my post. It will be great when they do get access to SYD at convenient times!

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    hocus on 29/12/2023 - 18:43

    +2

    Landing/take-off slots at Sydney are limited due to the night time curfew, so only X number of flights can land/fly a day.

    Qantas/Virgin hoard most of the prime-time slots at Sydney Airport blocking smaller airlines like Rex/Bonza from operating viable routes out of Sydney.

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  phluffed on 29/12/2023 - 16:06

  +4

  Just make sure you have plenty of time put aside for when the flight is cancelled and you have to chase them to get a refund (that's IF they answer your calls!)

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    Switchblade88 on 29/12/2023 - 20:50

    I'm all for more airline competition but yeah, they've got to actually FLY their passengers to become a viable competitor.

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  Grannular on 29/12/2023 - 20:23

  +1

  I want to see this airline to work well. It's good for everyone if they do. But when I tried to look at routes, schedule or pricing, I couldn't see anything unless I installed their app. If gave up and haven't tried again.

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    GeneralSkunk on 29/12/2023 - 21:59

    +1

    Yeah this is a weird business/marketing strategy and I think they should advertise prices to get people interested. Currently it’s out of curiosity that gets customers through the door. I feel that they will eventually because they will need to appeal to the mainstream majority who are ignoring them currently, to grow. This closed door (free to open of course, but requires effort to open) strategy is off in my opinion. I have no idea of their pricing, if it’s cheap or not. I’m not going to install yet another app to find out.

    I hope they succeed though, the duopoly we have now is not good for us. Having said that I fly Virgin most of the time and Rex when their limited times suit me.

    Thanks to the OP for the run down and personal experience with them, makes me more interested.