Cost of rural flights increase following Bonza’s collapse

Queenslanders will have to pay up to ten times more for flights to rural destinations after Bonza went into voluntary administration this week. The budget airline had offered flights from Brisbane to regional Queensland for as little as $49. However, current flights available to destinations such as Mount Isa are seeing airfares as high as $600 with other carriers. Aviation experts say Bonza’s collapse leaves a gap in the market another airline could take advantage of.