Bonza passengers have been trying to make last-minute bookings with other airlines after the budget airline suspended all of its flights.
It was quieter than usual on Tuesday morning inside Avalon Airport, about 60 kilometres south-west of Melbourne, after passengers flying Bonza from Queensland had theirWith the afternoon return flight also cancelled, passengers flying from Avalon to the Sunshine Coast were left stranded. Meanwhile, at Melbourne Airport, frustrated Bonza passengers tried to book last-minute flights with other airlines.
Allison Sigmund arrived at the airport with her granddaughter Elsie Harris and daughter Dana Harris, only to find Dana’s flight to Tamworth had been cancelled.After spending a few days in Melbourne so Elsie could meet her 86-year-old grandmother for the first time, Sigmund said the end of their trip had been “insane”.She said that travelling with an 11-month-old was difficult enough for her daughter without having to contend with cancelled flights.
She said her grandfather was driving half the five-and-a-half-hour trip, and her husband would do the other half. “I am cranky. We can’t wait around for to make up their minds. They were coming to the Sunshine Coast for a 21st birthday event, and now we will have to arrange for them to go to Brisbane and be collected,” Roberts said.
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