Bonza cancels flights across the country amid business viability concerns

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Budget airline Bonza has slashed flights across the country, with the airline’s CEO in discussions around the “viability” of the business.

As of Tuesday morning, multiple flights operated by the airline leaving from major airports across the country have been cancelled.

Some of the flights that have been canned include those departing from the Sunshine Coast scheduled to land in Gladstone and Rockhampton. Several that were due to leave from Melbourne airport have also been cancelled.

In a statement from the airline’s CEO Tim Burton, services will be “temporarily suspended” while discussions surrounding the “viability of the business” take place.

“Bonza has temporarily suspended services due to be operated today, as discussions are currently underway regarding the ongoing viability of the business,” Mr Burton said on Tuesday.

In a further statement sent to news.com.au, Mr Burton apologised to customers impacted by the airline’s sudden wave of cancellations.

“We apologise to our customers who are impacted by this and we are working as quickly as possible to determine a way forward that ensures there is ongoing competition in the Australian aviation market.”

Bonza launched in January last year, after more than a year of planning and spruiking quirky aircraft names and cabin crew uniforms.

The airline, which focused on flights to regional destinations including Cairns, Gladstone and Albury, also flies to Melbourne. However, Sydney and Brisbane are off the airline’s route path.

Earlier this month, Bonza announced they would be reducing the frequency of flights to some of its most popular routes, including Gold Coast to Cairns from five weekly roundtrips to three, Gold Coast to Townsville down from five weekly roundtrips to three and Gold Coast to Melbourne Tullamarine will be reduced from four weekly roundtrips to one as of May 1.

News.com.au has reached out to Bonza for comment.

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