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Re: So we got it right, never was going to survive

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On 7/5/2024 2:52 pm, jonz wrote:
> On 30/04/2024 10:24 pm, Daryl wrote:
>> On 30/4/2024 4:00 pm, Rod Speed wrote:
>>> Daryl <dwalford@westpine.com.au> wrote
>>>> Rod Speed wrote
>>>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-30/bonza-flights-cancelled-business-viability-question/103783236
>>>
>>>>> https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-30/who-owns-bonza-whats-happening-with-the-airline-cancellations/103784224
>>>
>>>> Not surprised that they failed,
>>>
>>> Me neither.
>>>
>>>> its a tough market to get into.
>>>
>>> And they had a completely stupid business model which was never going
>>> to fly, entirely between small regional airports apart from Melburg and
>>> few are silly enough to fly from those small regional airports to 
>>> Melburg.
>>
>> One time when we wanted to fly to Qld to visit friends on the north 
>> side of Bris I looked to see if it would be cheaper to fly Bonza from 
>> Melb to the Sunshine Coast, their prices weren't much cheaper and the 
>> distance from the SC airport to our friends place was an extra half 
>> hour drive over just flying to Bris so it wasn't worth our while 
>> flying Bonza.
>> For Bonza to work out for us they would have to have been 
>> significantly cheaper and they just weren't.
>>>
>>>> I suspect that they tried to get too big tooquick without testing 
>>>> the market first.
>>>
>>> That wouldnt have worked either.
>>>
>>> It will be interesting to see how Rex goes.
>>
>> At least they fly between major airports, I can fly Melb to Bris 
>> return on Rex, I haven't yet as their prices aren't any cheaper than 
>> the either Virgin or Jetstar at the times I've checked.
>> I know some people that have flown Rex and they were happy with the 
>> price and service.
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
>   Rex?, Moruya to Sydney $339 return!. For a (usually) under one hr 
> flight. By comparison, My last trip to NZ (pre covid) was $330 return. 
> ATM, $487 return (Air NZ Not the cheapest) Rex are price gougers!.
> 
> 
The price of flights seems to be related to how popular the route is and 
how frequent they fly, does anyone else fly that same route and if so 
have you compared their prices?
Longer haul routes using bigger planes have a lower cost per km traveled 
so the fares are usually lower.
I regularly check Melb-Bris return flights because we often travel that 
route to visit friends and Rex are often the cheapest.

-- 
Daryl

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  Re: So we got it right, never was going to survive "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2024-04-30 14:53 +1000
    Re: So we got it right, never was going to survive Daryl <dwalford@westpine.com.au> - 2024-04-30 15:27 +1000
      Re: So we got it right, never was going to survive "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2024-04-30 16:00 +1000
        Re: So we got it right, never was going to survive Daryl <dwalford@westpine.com.au> - 2024-04-30 22:24 +1000
          Re: So we got it right, never was going to survive "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2024-05-01 04:32 +1000
          Re: So we got it right, never was going to survive jonz <not-here@over-there.org> - 2024-05-07 14:52 +1000
            Re: So we got it right, never was going to survive Daryl <dwalford@westpine.com.au> - 2024-05-07 20:17 +1000
    Re: So we got it right, never was going to survive "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2024-04-30 16:01 +1000
      Re: So we got it right, never was going to survive "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2024-04-30 16:42 +1000
        Re: So we got it right, never was going to survive keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2024-05-03 19:49 +1000
          Re: So we got it right, never was going to survive "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2024-05-04 03:23 +1000
            Re: So we got it right, never was going to survive Daryl <dwalford@westpine.com.au> - 2024-05-04 09:19 +1000
              Re: So we got it right, never was going to survive "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2024-05-04 12:46 +1000
                Re: So we got it right, never was going to survive Daryl <dwalford@westpine.com.au> - 2024-05-04 14:28 +1000
                Re: So we got it right, never was going to survive "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2024-05-04 15:41 +1000
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