Bonza Airline Discussion

[Quickstatus]

$5 for a snag in white bread with a shake of sauce and some onions on top?

Its $3.50 at Bunnings.
So $5 is not much more - just add a celebrity chef's name like Scottie Cam to the sausage sizzle and Bonza!

 

[TheRealTMA]

Might be a sausage sizzle (a la Bunnings) beside the boarding line. Although at airport prices does anyone want to pay $5 for a snag in white bread with a shake of sauce and some onions on top?

Would be better than Jet* offering?

 

[Jacques Vert]

You little ripper!
If only there was a snag to go with it.

Or pie and peas?

 

[Quickstatus]

pie and peas

I reckon a schnitty would be too classy

 

[Saab34]

Cairns to Avalon and Western Sydney could be another way to do things.

A Cairns base would make sense also.

 

[SYD]

Cairns to Avalon and Western Sydney could be another way to do things.

A Cairns base would make sense also.

If they’re still legends in 2026, that might well be the case.

 

[p--and--t]

Will the toilet sign be changed to dunny?

Lets hope they don't provide a a long drop experience

 

[PineappleSkip]

Populations of the 4 LGAs in the 2021 census add up to 928,000

Gympie 53,000
Noosa 56,000
Sunshine Coast 343,000
Moreton Bay 476,000

However I’d heavily discount the MCY pull factor on Moreton Bay as most of it is closer to BNE than MCY with the bulk of the population in the south of the region.

Cheers skip

 

[MARTINE]

Lets hope they don't provide a a long drop experience

Whilst we all seem to be on a roll here …
In BoganVille you get sealed pack of thongs (not slippers) but in BC its barefeet

 

[Buzzard]

There is an article about Bonza in today's Adelaide Advertiser.

 

[Saab34]

I actually like this bit. I liked that function when Virgin America was around, when we flew those long trans con flights, the ability to order whatever you want, when you want, by using the screen in front of you. So I assume Bonza will have Wifi onboard then?

The app will also be the only way to order food on-board, with no trolleys and cabin crew assigned seat rows to look after during each flight.

 

[Captain Halliday]

Today’s Sunday drive took us past MCY.



QF1755 MCY-MEL departing.







Shazza hasn’t had her tips done.

 

[serfty]

I actually like this bit. I liked that function when Virgin America was around, when we flew those long trans con flights, the ability to order whatever you want, when you want, by using the screen in front of you. So I assume Bonza will have Wifi onboard then?

Didn't work very well with AirNZ and their original Seats2suit implementation.

Such was supposed to be available after take off until preparations for landing. Crew found it an inconvenience so generally kept it turned off.the entire flight.

 

[Saab34]

Didn't work very well with AirNZ and their original Seats2suit implementation.

Such was supposed to be available after take off until preparations for landing. Crew found it an inconvenience so generally kept it turned off.the entire flight.

Self ordering definitely isn’t a crew favourite. You could tell the VX crew got annoyed everyone someone ordered a cup of water or Diet Coke etc. Sometimes you needed to wait a bit also as they were on a break or couldn’t be bothered.

However the crew here don’t have carts at all which is new.

 

[Buzzard]

How Aussie is that dumped trolley

 

[The Flying Schwartz]

This is what interests me as well. I think they're stretching it to imagine that routes like Mildura/Coffs/Albury/Port Mac to MCY will fill a 737 twice a week.

I don't want to be one of 'those' guys but VA did try 737s out of Port Mac about 7 or 8 years ago shortly after the runway was upgraded to accept the heavier weight. It didn't go so well as they couldn't get bums on seats even at $99 to Melbourne. We get over a million visitors each year - in what feels like about 1.1 million SUVs, 4x4s and RVs - not your typical air travellers because they have too many toys.

I can't see myself using them because the routes aren't of value to me.

Nevertheless, I wish Bonza well and will watch with interest how it goes.

 

[SYD]

I don't want to be one of 'those' guys but VA did try 737s out of Port Mac about 7 or 8 years ago shortly after the runway was upgraded to accept the heavier weight. It didn't go so well as they couldn't get bums on seats even at $99 to Melbourne. We get over a million visitors each year - in what feels like about 1.1 million SUVs, 4x4s and RVs - not your typical air travellers because they have too many toys.

Bonza idea for FlyDrive packages…

 

[dairyfloss]

Shazza hasn’t had her tips done.
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Au contraire; our Shazza likes to have her tips bleached

 

[toowongman]

Keeping in mind Bonza will also be targeting customers living in the surrounding Gympie, Cooloola Coast and North Brisbane (Caboolture, Burpengary, North Lakes, etc) areas as an 'alternative' to BNE.

As a passenger, that'd be a gamble thanks to the quality of traffic flow on the Bruce Highway.

 

[MARTINE]

Au contraire; our Shazza likes to have her tips bleached

Using the holey rubber cap and crochet hook method - remember ladies