Bonza airline to axe five regional Australia routes due to low patronage

New carrier says lack of demand for flights to some destinations and range of misfortunes - including 10 bird strikes - have forced it to act

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Bonza will axe five routes servicing regional Australia due to low patronage months after launching, as the fledgling budget carrier laments a series of bird strikes for hampering its reliability.

There was also more encouraging news in an open letter to customers released on Thursday - demand for flights from the Sunshine Coast to Albury and Melbourne's Avalon airport, as well as between Melbourne's Tullamarine airport and Port Macquarie, has been so strong that Bonza will add an additional flight each week on these routes.

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