{"id":405296,"date":"2026-04-13T16:55:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T06:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/australianaviation.com.au\/?p=1431068"},"modified":"2026-04-13T16:55:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T06:55:55","slug":"exclusive-demand-is-there-for-more-airlines-says-ex-bonza-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=405296","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: \u2018Demand is there\u2019 for more airlines, says ex-Bonza CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"640\" height=\"361\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI2NDAiIGhlaWdodD0iMzYxIj48cmVjdCB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxMDAlIj48YW5pbWF0ZSBhdHRyaWJ1dGVOYW1lPSJmaWxsIiB2YWx1ZXM9InJnYmEoMTUzLDE1MywxNTMsMC41KTtyZ2JhKDE1MywxNTMsMTUzLDAuMSk7cmdiYSgxNTMsMTUzLDE1MywwLjUpIiBkdXI9IjJzIiByZXBlYXRDb3VudD0iaW5kZWZpbml0ZSIgLz48L3JlY3Q+PC9zdmc+\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image wp-image-1372961 wp-post-1431068\" alt=\"\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-public-id=\"Australian Aviation\/bonza_alice_springs_jordan_b5tvtn\/bonza_alice_springs_jordan_b5tvtn.jpg\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-transformations=\"f_auto\" data-version=\"1706499346\" data-seo=\"1\" data-responsive=\"1\" data-size=\"640 361\" data-delivery=\"upload\" onload=\";window.CLDBind?CLDBind(this):null;\" data-cloudinary=\"lazy\" \/>Speaking exclusively to the Australian Aviation Podcast in his first major interview since the collapse of Bonza, Jordan said the popularity of his airline before its financier, 777 Partners, abruptly pulled funding in April 2024, showed that Australians in regional areas want more airlines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking exclusively to the Australian Aviation Podcast in his first major interview since the collapse of Bonza, Jordan said the popularity of his airline before its financier, 777 Partners, abruptly pulled funding in April 2024, showed that Australia&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[476,273,312,471],"tags":[472],"class_list":["post-405296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airlines","category-australia","category-aviation","category-news","tag-australian"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=405296"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":405904,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405296\/revisions\/405904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=405296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=405296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=405296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}