Soaring ambitions: can more airlines fit in our skies?

Two years on from the wreckage of Bonza and Rex, a fresh crop of new airlines is looking to once again shake up Australia’s domestic market – but can they succeed where all before them have failed, and might we finally see an end to duopoly dominance?

Q: What’s the best way to make a small fortune in aviation?
A: Start with a big one.

It’s an old joke – but, as many would hasten to point out, a true one, and perhaps nowhere is it truer than in Australia. Our recent aviation history is a graveyard of dead airlines, with solemn tombstones bearing names such as Compass, OzJet, Air Australia, and Bonza paying silent testament to their founders’ lofty ambitions.

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