Among more than a dozen smaller regional airlines that went bankrupt over the last two years is the Australian low-cost carrier Bonza. Launched in 2021 in the country's Sunshine Coast, it was envisioned with the goal of serving an undertapped market of travelers flying from or into the region north of Brisbane in Queensland, as well as to other rural and regional cities too small to be served by larger airlines. While over 650,000 travelers booked and flew on Bonza within the first year of it starting se ...