Bonza's aircraft leave the country after embattled airline's fleet repossessed
ABCIn short: Bonza's fleet of 737-Max 8 aircraft is being relocated overseas after the owners terminated the airline's lease agreement. The first 737-Max 8 aircraft, "Bruce", took off from the Sunshine Coast Airport on Thursday morning, bound for a refuelling stop in Honolulu and on to an unknown overseas destination. The embattled airline entered voluntary administration and "temporarily suspended" services after AIP Capital terminated the aircraft leases at 11:51pm on April 29. External administrators Hall Chadwick confirmed the move was preceded by default notices nearly two weeks prior but said the action was "not foreshadowed or expected". In an email to staff, Bonza CEO Tim Jordan said no legal intervention to keep the aircraft had been deemed possible and the planes would be leaving their Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, and Melbourne bases.
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