Bonza airline's administrator Hall Chadwick says fleet grounded for coming days

Administrators for airline Bonza say discussions about ongoing trading will take place over the "forthcoming days".The government says Qantas, Jetstar, and Virgin said they would bring stranded passengers home.

Bonza employees, mostly at the Sunshine Coast and Melbourne, are today left desperate to find out if they have jobs and customer flight plans are in limbo as the airline scrambles to reach a solution.Chartered accountants and business advisors, Hall Chadwick, who have been appointed as the voluntary administrators, said on Tuesday night the fleet was grounded up to and including Thursday, May 2.

Hall Chadwick said engagement with all key stakeholders, including secured creditors, government bodies, key suppliers and contracts were taking place and they had vowed to provide regular updates across multiple platforms so that everyone had up to date information.Bonza CEO Tim Jordan released a statement on Tuesday saying all services would be "temporarily suspended" and that discussions were underway about the airline's ongoing viability.

Ms King said a government bailout was "not something that the government has before us", describing Australia's aviation sector as a challenging market.Travel writer Geoffrey Thomas told ABC News Channel while the reasons for Bonza's struggles were not clear, the problem appeared to be with Bonza's US-based backers, 777 Partners.

Flights scheduled for today include departures to Townsville, Cairns, Albury, Melbourne, and Darwin; and arrivals from Cairns, Townsville, Albury and Melbourne.

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