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

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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.

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  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!.


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So we got it right, never was going to survive "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2024-04-30 09:35 +1000
  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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  Re: So we got it right, never was going to survive keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2024-05-11 11:23 +1000
    Re: So we got it right, never was going to survive "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2024-05-12 05:48 +1000

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