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Bonza reaches end of tarmac as budget carrier wound up

Creditors have voted to liquidate embattled airline Bonza with more than $110 million believed to be owed to creditors, workers, landlords and the tax office.

AAP · Jul 2, 2024

Afternoon Update: Coalition won’t reveal emissions target; closing arguments in Greg Lynn trial; and Queensland’s pre-election budget

Peter Dutton says the Coalition will not set a 2030 emissions reduction target unless it wins the next election

The Guardian - AU · Jun 11, 2024

Entitlements up in the air as Bonza workers jettisoned

More than 300 Bonza workers have been sacked after administrators failed to find a buyer to bail out the grounded airline.

AAP · Jun 11, 2024

Staff to remain stood down at troubled airline

More than 300 Bonza workers will wait two more weeks to know if they will keep their jobs as talks with prospective buyers for the embattled airline continue.

AAP · May 14, 2024

Queensland government hoses down suggestions it is considering bailout for Bonza

Administrators tell creditors meeting they are ‘moving heaven and earth’ to secure a future for grounded airline

The Guardian - AU · May 10, 2024

Bonza buyer interest claim despite sky-high $110m debt

Bonza's first creditors' meeting has painted a dire financial picture, including debts of more than $110 million for the troubled budget carrier.

AAP · May 10, 2024

Air Vanuatu liquidation prompts Virgin flight boost

The national airline of Vanuatu has been placed into liquidation after cancelling all flights to and from Sydney and Brisbane.

AAP · May 9, 2024

Air Vanuatu cancels Australian flights amid cash woes

The national airline of Vanuatu has cancelled all its flights to and from Sydney and Brisbane for the rest of the week amid reports of financial difficulties.

AAP · May 9, 2024

Bonza's planes fly off as customers, workers in lurch

Embattled budget carrier Bonza remains in limbo as its newly appointed administrators finalise plans for a creditors' meeting.

AAP · May 9, 2024

Bonza administrators worry that 20,000 out-of-pocket airline customers could attend creditors meeting

‘That would require a stadium,’ federal court hears as airline administrators try to organise online meeting for Friday that would allow everyone to vote

The Guardian - AU · May 7, 2024