reckon there is a hole in Aus for a true ULCC.
Tiger proved it will work, yes burnt some cash and some seemingly stupid decisions but the core business worked. We all know the 737s and the Bali and the xyz caused much pain. But the model worked.
Think back to Air Paradise (I think). New Indonesian airline, A300’s I think, they were smashing it, Bali direct to the capitals. Then very sadly boooooom then booooooom 2 and no more Paradise.
People want cheap flights simple. If Bonza have cheap flights it will work. Yes they need the schedule but ya have to start somewhere.
Straya - Tall poppy syndrome alive and well!
The problem is you just end up flying to the same places at the same times paying the same for fuel, landing charges, enroute charges, terminals etc as everybody else. There is no point of difference in Australia as there are no secondary airports to fly too. Go build a secondary airport in every city in Australia and LCCs will get really big and bring real pressure on the other carriers. Until then there is no market in Australia for real LCC. Cairns is a classic example. There is a huge market there for a LCC but when you are getting cleaned out by the airport in a low margin game how do you actually make money?