Low-cost airline Bonza has entered voluntary administration after passengers were met with signs saying their flights had been abruptly cancelled on Tuesday. People were left stranded as planes were repossessed, with vision showing them being towed from the tarmac.
CEO Tim Jordan apologised as he advised all services were “temporarily suspended” while he determined the “ongoing viability” of the business. Workers are trying to determine if their jobs are at risk, with a union boss claiming the “aviation is an industry on its knees”.
There was shock and confusion at a handful of airports, like at Tullamarine in Melbourne, where Tracy Hilbert became stranded when the flight she booked to see her family following the death of her father was cancelled.
This was while ABC reporter Stephanie Ferrier revealed screens displaying the Bonza logo and flight information had been wiped, with no trace of the airline.
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“It’s just really hard today because I should have been up there now and with my mum, my brother, and my other family,” Hilbert told Today.
“I’ve never…