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Court documents reveal that Bonza has around 58,000 forward bookings. At full capacity, that would fill around 312 flights. For context, Bonza have been scheduling around 800+ sectors per month. No wonder 777 wanted to pull the plug... Source...

Snippet from a paywalled article in the Herald Sun: Allegedly they've been leased to a Polish airline according to this article. Source: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/business/companies/travel/budget-airline-bonza-in-chaos-for-months/news-story/bca4cc4098bb568681be2c1cc047ba9b?amp

Staff haven't been paid for hours worked in April yet (usually paid on the 5th of each month), and have been told by administrators that at this stage they won't be paid for April. Article also talks of how staff who resign and move to another company have their chances of receiving their April...

Oh my... Also, that one is in OOL not MCY.

And repossession orders taped to the doors too.

On another site, it's being reported that the aircraft will all be ferried to Brisbane starting from today in preparation of ferry flights back to the US.

Qantas Group also providing complimentary flights for stranded Bonza passengers today. Source: https://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/media-releases/statement-on-support-for-bonza-customers/

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From the ABC: Also from that article: Source: Bonza flights cancelled across the country as budget airline considers financial viability

All of today's MEL and OOL flying is now cancelled too. Presumably that means the MCY flying will be too, although the various airport websites haven't updated yet.

The Flair aircraft parked in MCY finally flew today, but interestingly under a Flair flight number.

VH-MFM, the ex Jet Airways aircraft, has also had these new seats fitted in business class.

It appears that VA have started to accept digital payments on smart devices for buy on board purchases. Announcements on my flights today mentioned this, although truthfully I was fast asleep before the cart arrived to see anyone actually use it.

Rex flights are now appearing as an option on the Etihad website, although in all the scenarios I looked at, the VA connections were cheaper.

A few tidbits from an article about the Gold Coast cuts in the ABC today: Once a week is "right sizing" the Gold Coast to Melbourne route? Surely not... Reading some posts on the 'Scum of the Air' Facebook page mentioned above, it seems some people who are affected by the days of operation...

In a statement provided to Australian Aviation, Bonza seem to be pinning these changes on reacting to market demand rather than their lack of aircraft. Source: Bonza pares back Gold Coast services after 5 months

OOL-ISA & MQL are also being reduced to 1 weekly. They've now cut the OOL schedule to use just 1 aircraft. Mon: ROK, MKY, TSV, DRW (red eye) Tue: CNS, LST Wed: ROK, MQL, ISA Thu: CNS, AVV, PPP Fri: ROK, MKY, TSV, DRW (red eye) Sat: CNS, LST Sun: MEL, AVV, PPP The ABX flight will use a MCY...

Frequency cuts for the Gold Coast base have now been extended through the whole bookable schedule until the end of October. Days of operation changing across a number of routes too.

I'd wager it's the latter point because Nauru's passenger aircraft aren't really doing anything extra outside of their regular scheduled service.

Flights are re-appearing on the app for the Gold Coast routes in May and June, but in most cases they're completely changing the operational days (and flight times) to accomodate lower frequencies with just once based aircraft. That's going to burn a few bridges with the punters. It's still...