Gold Coast to Rockhampton and back just for fun

Bonza Airlines, Australia's newest airline, was having a huge sale to celebrate their 1st birthday. They had flights from Coolangatta to Rockhampton $19.50 (inc) one way and return flights for $25.50 (inc). So, this morning my wife and I got up at 4.30 am and drove to the Gold Coast Airport to meet up with 5 other av geeks and flew to Rockhampton and back. To make this flight even more exciting, Bonza have two aircraft from the sister company in Canada called Flair here in Australia. We got to fly on the Canadian aircraft with Canadian crew.
Our flight was to depart at 7.25 am. 

We began boarding from gate 5 at 6.57 am.

The cabin doors we closed at 7.17 am and we pushed back a few minutes later.

We taxied out at 7.25 am and headed for a runway 14 departure. Once at the holding point, we continued out for a rolling start right on 7.30 am.

We climbed to flt lvl 400. 

We began our decent at 8.08 am and landed in Rockhampton on runway 33 20 minutes ahead of schedule at 8.26 am.

BONZA / FLAIR BOEING 737 MAX 8 C-FLHI (MSN 61804)
AB1543 OFF TO ROCKHAMPTON (ROK)

We had a very quick turnaround in Rockhampton as we began boarding at 8.40 instead of the scheduled 9.05 am boarding time.

There are no tugs in Rockhampton so aircraft taxi out under their own power.

We began taxiing at 9.25 am and headed out for runway 15. We had to back track before departure.

We began rolling at 9.29 am and climbed to 370.

We began our descent at 10.03 am and after passing abeam the famous Surfers Paradise, we land back at the Gold Coast airport, landing on runway 14 at exactly 10.30 am.

We found the Boeing MAX 8 to be very comfortable and extremely quiet. 

BONZA BOEING 737-MAX 8 VH-UJK (MSN 43974)
AB1052 OFF TO MELBOURNE (MEL)

SKYTRANS DASH 8 Q300 VH-QQM (MSN 0246)

AIR ASIA X AIRBUS A330-343 9M-XXU (MSN 1581)

JETSTAR AIRBUS A321-251 VH-OFP (MSN 11102)

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA BOEING 737-8FE VH-YFP (MSN 41011)

Bonza Aviation Pty Ltd, operating as
Bonza, is an Australian low-cost airline, with its headquarters on the Sunshine Coast. Bonza commenced operations on the 31st of January 2023.