New 'Bonza' LCC launches middle 2022 with B737 MAX
Originally Posted by tossbag
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Stop referring to MCY as Brisbane North, it's not even close. It is not even vaguely similar to AVV - Melbourne western suburbs.
It kind of is
Not even vaguely "kind of". It is 112 kilometres from MCY to the Brisbane CBD, 94 kilometres to the Pine Rivers Bridge, 80 kilometres to North Lakes. MCY is not Brisbane North.
By comparison, AVV is only 54 kilometres to the centre of Melbourne, 42 kilometres to Altona and 25 kilometres to Werribee.
Originally Posted by tossbag
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No one is going to travel 80-90 kilometres from Brisbane's northern suburbs to MCY when BNE is around a third of that distance away.
I would, 80-90ks on a freeway as opposed to half the distance, not a third, on a tollway.
It's not half the distance at all, it's about a third. North Lakes is 34 kilometres to BNE, Pine Rivers Bridge is 21 kilometres and no tolls.
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Stop referring to MCY as Brisbane North, it's not even close. It is not even vaguely similar to AVV - Melbourne western suburbs.
It kind of is
Not even vaguely "kind of". It is 112 kilometres from MCY to the Brisbane CBD, 94 kilometres to the Pine Rivers Bridge, 80 kilometres to North Lakes. MCY is not Brisbane North.
By comparison, AVV is only 54 kilometres to the centre of Melbourne, 42 kilometres to Altona and 25 kilometres to Werribee.
Originally Posted by tossbag
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No one is going to travel 80-90 kilometres from Brisbane's northern suburbs to MCY when BNE is around a third of that distance away.
I would, 80-90ks on a freeway as opposed to half the distance, not a third, on a tollway.
It's not half the distance at all, it's about a third. North Lakes is 34 kilometres to BNE, Pine Rivers Bridge is 21 kilometres and no tolls.
morno, I know what part of Bris-Vegas you got the uber to, and how far that place is from Bris-Vegas airport. There is a toll, and it's a pain in the arse to avoid. I know Mick needs to have the last word on all things aviation, you not so much but when it comes to saving more than a few pineapples on an airfare I'd drive half an hour longer to do it. And I'll also do it to avoid paying tolls to parasite thieves that charge me twice as much because I drive a 'commercial vehicle' privately owned.
Do a price check on fares from Bris to Melb verse Cooly to Melb when REX are discounting fares out of the Goldy. It can be $260 one way as opposed to $90. If the same thing happens out of Maroochy, then people will do it.
Do a price check on fares from Bris to Melb verse Cooly to Melb when REX are discounting fares out of the Goldy. It can be $260 one way as opposed to $90. If the same thing happens out of Maroochy, then people will do it.
I am not criticising in any way, but I am struck by the attendant irony in pilots discussing where to get the cheapest fares on a forum often devoted to where to get the highest wages. On the other hand, if you are on a dud award you have to save where you can.
morno, I know what part of Bris-Vegas you got the uber to, and how far that place is from Bris-Vegas airport. There is a toll, and it's a pain in the arse to avoid. I know Mick needs to have the last word on all things aviation, you not so much but when it comes to saving more than a few pineapples on an airfare I'd drive half an hour longer to do it. And I'll also do it to avoid paying tolls to parasite thieves that charge me twice as much because I drive a 'commercial vehicle' privately owned.
Do a price check on fares from Bris to Melb verse Cooly to Melb when REX are discounting fares out of the Goldy. It can be $260 one way as opposed to $90. If the same thing happens out of Maroochy, then people will do it.
Do a price check on fares from Bris to Melb verse Cooly to Melb when REX are discounting fares out of the Goldy. It can be $260 one way as opposed to $90. If the same thing happens out of Maroochy, then people will do it.
The only sense I can make out of this venture is that its a completely bogus entity made to bring the Max to service in Australia. Once the type has safely proven itself it will suddenly merge into VA or QF and "suprise" we have Max 737s now and look they are safe. I mean that scenario is as viable as making money from the routes they have chosen. If a Max should have an event, well its not linked to anyone other than a new startup that now is gone.
Singapore is already flying them into Australia.
I am not criticising in any way, but I am struck by the attendant irony in pilots discussing where to get the cheapest fares on a forum often devoted to where to get the highest wages. On the other hand, if you are on a dud award you have to save where you can.
I think all you’re showing, by insisting that there’s a toll road from the North side of Brisbane to the airport that I cannot avoid (which I can, without even trying), is that you really have little clue about how Maroochy is definitely not “just near” Brisbane, and that you can’t compare it to Avalon and Melbourne.
It’d be like comparing Sydney to Newcastle. You don’t fly into Newcastle to fly to Sydney.
By the way, no I didn’t catch an Uber from MCY to Petrie.
Last edited by morno; 12th Jul 2022 at 13:35.
End of the day
Be it
Regional towns to Sunny Coast for holidays
Sunny Coast locals visiting family interstate
Cheap fares attracting northern Brisbane peeps to MCY
The "Sunny Coast Hub" linking northern regionals to southern regionals
Whilst none of these alone make for a good business model, the combination of the above points may well do
Be it
Regional towns to Sunny Coast for holidays
Sunny Coast locals visiting family interstate
Cheap fares attracting northern Brisbane peeps to MCY
The "Sunny Coast Hub" linking northern regionals to southern regionals
Whilst none of these alone make for a good business model, the combination of the above points may well do
Except that, ITS ALREADY SERVICED BY ALL THE OTHER MAJORS with direct flights.
Foreign companies, nothing linked to Australia, and we all know Australians like to reinvent the wheel on strange ideas. But my point was that the scenario I put forward however feasible is far more likely than Bonza making money from it's advertised route structure, not that it was likely to be real.
Doubtful. Quite a few reputable entities, American, United, Korean, Singapore, Air Canada are already operating them without much fear of the ramifications of another event.
Singapore is already flying them into Australia.
Singapore is already flying them into Australia.
There is no toll road from the northern suburbs of Brisbane to the airport, unless you go out of your way to go through the tunnel. But from Petrie you would have to really be going out of your way to find a toll.
I think all you’re showing, by insisting that there’s a toll road from the North side of Brisbane to the airport that I cannot avoid (which I can, without even trying), is that you really have little clue about how Maroochy is definitely not “just near” Brisbane, and that you can’t compare it to Avalon and Melbourne.
I think all you’re showing, by insisting that there’s a toll road from the North side of Brisbane to the airport that I cannot avoid (which I can, without even trying), is that you really have little clue about how Maroochy is definitely not “just near” Brisbane, and that you can’t compare it to Avalon and Melbourne.
Last edited by MickG0105; 12th Jul 2022 at 23:28. Reason: Typo
The Max will be an expensive aircraft for Bonza. I fail to see how the operation can be financially viable over a 12 month period. Outside of school holidays they will drown in debt.
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Except that, ITS ALREADY SERVICED BY ALL THE OTHER MAJORS with direct flights.
Foreign companies, nothing linked to Australia, and we all know Australians like to reinvent the wheel on strange ideas. But my point was that the scenario I put forward however feasible is far more likely than Bonza making money from it's advertised route structure, not that it was likely to be real.
Foreign companies, nothing linked to Australia, and we all know Australians like to reinvent the wheel on strange ideas. But my point was that the scenario I put forward however feasible is far more likely than Bonza making money from it's advertised route structure, not that it was likely to be real.
No matter what JS will say about the holiday cancelations and OTP or what ever he will want to sprout about it’s pretty much meaningless, 6 jets Vs well over 150 between QF, JQ and VA.
I don't think we can spout the foreign company thing given both REX and Virgin are foreign companies. As for QF... people are pretty fed up with them that Bonza might just fly and do well.
I don't think we can spout the foreign company thing given both REX and Virgin are foreign companies. As for QF... people are pretty fed up with them that Bonza might just fly and do well.
First one registered. I was told recently that two VA Pilots have moved over. I wonder if our friend from up north JDL is involved.
THE BOEING COMPANY
Aircraft model:
737-8
Registration holder:
JWARP LLC
600 Brickwell Ave
MIAMI FLORIDA 33131
United States of America
Registered operator:
BONZA AVIATION PTY LTD
Level 5 60 Martin Place
SYDNEY NSW 2000
Australia
VH-UJT
Aircraft manufacturer:THE BOEING COMPANY
Aircraft model:
737-8
Registration holder:
JWARP LLC
600 Brickwell Ave
MIAMI FLORIDA 33131
United States of America
Registered operator:
BONZA AVIATION PTY LTD
Level 5 60 Martin Place
SYDNEY NSW 2000
Australia
So they only want current 737 pilots, all of whom are with the majors currently* and they want to pay a pittance. For an airline with Buckley's chance with its current business plan.
*well, some guys on classics with the freight operators maybe.
*well, some guys on classics with the freight operators maybe.
In the long run it will bite them all on the @rse. Very important that Team JQ gets a decent agreement up, at this rate they and QF will one the only employers of choice long term, the others will be too busy trying to outdo each other on how little we can pay our pilots.