SYDNEY: A new Australian budget airline, Bonza, has launched its first flight on Tuesday January 31 promising cheap tickets, onboard craft beer, snags sausages and a relaxed approach to crew uniforms.
Bonza named its first three Boeing 737 8 MAX planes Shazza, Bazza and Sheila, as a down-to- earth Australian airline and nation's only independent low-cost carrier.
Tickets can only be booked on the airline's mobile app, and are priced from A $49 to A $79 US $35 to US $56 - too cheap to be profitable according to one analyst.
The inaugural flight took off from Bonza's base in Queensland's Sunshine Coast to the Whitsunday Islands in the heart of the Great Barrier Reef.
Bonza chief executive Tim Jordan addressed the media with sneakers, purple socks, dark shorts and a floral short-sleeve shirt.
We're talking about the many and not the few. Jordan told Channel Nine that they were focused on visiting friends and relatives.