Bonza Airline Discussion

[HS-TQE]

Bulkheads on some of the ex-Bonza aircraft from memory still had LOT Polish bulkheads on them. They won't have to change those.

I'd think LOT would want to paint the first of the ex-Bonza aircraft back in their livery.

 

[Harrison_133]

I note the advertising banners are still on the Cairns Outer airport fence. Many airports still have the logos up. Reminds me of the Ansett collapse with signage still visible many months after.

Adelaide Airport still has a Tiger sign out the front some 4 years later...

 

[exLXCXFF]

you are all going to laugh - I had a flight booked with them in October and had no idea about all this until I got an email about the liquidation today! Oh well, back to the drawing board and forking out some more
money

 

[A321]

you are all going to laugh - I had a flight booked with them in October and had no idea about all this until I got an email about the liquidation today! Oh well, back to the drawing board and forking out some more
money

How the heck...!

It's a shame you missed this offer.

https://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/media-releases/updated-statement-on-support-for-bonza-customers-and-employees/

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

you are all going to laugh - I had a flight booked with them in October and had no idea about all this until I got an email about the liquidation today! Oh well, back to the drawing board and forking out some more
money

Well, you are a naughty Affer !! not keeping up with the current state of things !

 

[Chicken]

you are all going to laugh - I had a flight booked with them in October and had no idea about all this until I got an email about the liquidation today! Oh well, back to the drawing board and forking out some more
money

Liquidation? WTF? How did you go from eTicket to liquidation overnight???!!!

 

[exLXCXFF]

How the heck...!

It's a shame you missed this offer.

https://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/media-releases/updated-statement-on-support-for-bonza-customers-and-employees/

yep - damn! Better go back reading Australian newspapers

 

[yachty]

yep - damn! Better go back reading Australian newspapers

Maybe not... haha. At least you didn't discover on the day

 

[HS-TQE]

All 3 of the remaining Bonza MAX 8's has now been confirmed as joining ex-UJK for their return back to their original customer LOT Polish Airlines.

So a full circle journey for the x4 ex-Bonza MAX 8s.

LOT - Polish Airlines Fleet Details and History

LOT - Polish Airlines (IATA: LO / ICAO: LOT) is an airline based in Warsaw, Poland founded in 1929 currently operating a fleet of 83 aircraft with an average age of 10.95 years

www.planespotters.net

 

[Saab34]

Looks like one is painted.

 

[HS-TQE]

ex-UKH/"Malc" per the website named in the image.

 

[Albert Hoffman]

Don't plame the Polaks! Apart from the Flair Canadian Pilots having a holiday, all their birds were ex-LOT, can't blame Tim Jordan, for wanting the planes back.

Hey Tim, when's the books coming out !

 

[Saab34]

You probably won’t hear from Tim Jordan unless A Current Affair go chasing after him. I wonder how much he paid himself at Bonza? Was that ever released?

 

[TedE]

Any sign of liquidation sale of budgie smugglers... asking for a friend.

 

[henrus]

You probably won’t hear from Tim Jordan unless A Current Affair go chasing after him. I wonder how much he paid himself at Bonza? Was that ever released?

In the report there was an outstanding claim from Tim Jordan for $99,731 no idea what period that's for.

Any sign of liquidation sale of budgie smugglers... asking for a friend.

They hardly had enough stock on flights, who knows maybe there is a cupboard full of them at HQ?

 

[Saab34]

Things starting to look a tad rocky over at Flair.

Canada’s Flair Airlines looks to raise cash

Several daily Operator News updates covering all Operator Route Network changes, strategic fleet developments and aircraft orders, start-ups and bankruptcies, mergers and acquisitions and partnerships and alliances.

www.ch-aviation.com

 

[FlyingKangaroo]

Yes - they've been circling the drain for quite some time but managed to pull through despite some very close calls. They were finally spun off from that "interesting" private equity firm that owned Bonza too presumably to give them a fighting chance, but still not exactly on a solid foundation. With Lynx and Canada Jetlines now gone, the market is a bit less crowded, but I don't envy their position.

 

[Saab34]

Yes - they've been circling the drain for quite some time but managed to pull through despite some very close calls. They were finally spun off from that "interesting" private equity firm that owned Bonza too presumably to give them a fighting chance, but still not exactly on a solid foundation. With Lynx and Canada Jetlines now gone, the market is a bit less crowded, but I don't envy their position.

The debt exposure to 777 is still there though, and those 20% interest rates haven’t gone away either. Talk of 500-600m tied to 777 Partners.

 

[toowongman]

Here's an auction of various Bonza office items:

Lloyds Auctioneers and Valuers - Auction Lots

www.lloydsonline.com.au

They didn't clean the whiteboards on the way out... I wonder why it takes much longer to turn around at Darwin?

 

[33kft]

They didn't clean the whiteboards on the way out...

Genius marketing. Wonder how much the other airlines will overspend on whiteboards in the hope there's something juicy written on there?