The first direct Bonza flight from Newcastle to the Sunshine Coast will take off this afternoon as the fledgling airline launches its new budget Williamtown services.
Bonza founder and chief executive Tim Jordan will be on hand at 3.05pm to welcome the first load of passengers to arrive from the Sunshine Coast on board one of the airline's distinctive purple Boeing 737s.
The first Bonza flight from Newcastle to the Sunshine Coast will take off from Williamtown at 5.05pm.
The service operates four times a week to serve Noosa and other holiday destinations near Sunshine Coast Airport at Maroochydore.
Bonza will start its twice-weekly service from Newcastle to Whitsunday Coast Airport at Proserpine on Thursday morning.
The budget airline announced in February last year that the two Queensland routes would be among its array of new regional Australian services.
Bonza sells tickets primarily through its app and has said it will structure its prices based on $50 per hour of flying time.
Its one-way tickets are $69 for the 90-minute journey from Newcastle to Sunshine Coast and $79 to the Whitsundays, which translates to $32 an hour.
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