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The founder of a new domestic airline says most of its planned routes are not available elsewhere and customers will benefit from lower fares.

The new airline called Bonza is aiming to start flying early next year and is targeted at people travelling to regional destinations.

Former Virgin Blue executive Tim Jordan is leading the venture and has gained substantial financial backing from US investment firm 777 Partners.

The firm has stakes in Canadian airline Flair and the Asian group of budget carriers Value Alliance.

"Our mission is to bring more low fares to more destinations," Mr Jordan said.

"We expect more than half of our routes not to be flown by other operators."

Routes are yet to be confirmed. However Bonza will not contest popular capital city ones dominated by current airlines, such as between Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.

Instead, Mr Jordan claimed Bonza could serve and generate more demand for regional flights.

The most notable difference for customers on board will be the planes - new Boeing 737-8s.

"You're likely to be flying on a larger aircraft than is flown by the incumbents," Mr Jordan said.

Customers will also have to pay for food service and any checked baggage. These measures will help Bonza compete on cost.

The company will have its headquarters in either northern NSW or southeast Queensland.

Locations being considered include Ballina, Byron Bay, Coffs Harbour, the Gold Coast, Port Macquarie, Sunshine Coast and Tweed Heads.

Bonza earlier included other states in talks about the location of its headquarters.

However they failed to offer the ease of setup needed.

"We don't need someone to validate our business plan," Mr Jordan said.

"No-one knows aviation better than our investment partners and ourselves."

The Bonza head office team will comprise about 100 people.

The airline will need workers to operate the flights and Mr Jordan expects the Bonza workforce will be several hundred people next year.

He said the company website had received hundreds of applications on Tuesday.

The airline is likely to hire former Qantas and Virgin staff let go during the pandemic.

This had helped the timing of Bonza's entry to the market.

"The teams of professional aviators we're looking for would not have been there two years ago," Mr Jordan said.

"They would have been working elsewhere overseas or domestically."

Each plane Bonza adds to its fleet will require about 50 workers. The size of the fleet is still to be decided.

Bonza planes will have white and purple livery.

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Small and medium-sized businesses have been given the green light to restock for Christmas as NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet expresses hope the state economy will grow again in the December quarter.

And while the Labor opposition supported the package, it expressed concern toll relief measures would prove insufficient.

It comes as NSW records 360 new local COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours to 8pm on Monday, as well as five deaths. Three of the five were unvaccinated.

A day after the state began to emerge from a near four-month lockdown, Mr Perrottet and Treasurer Matt Kean on Tuesday announced a package to support business.

Shops, gyms, cafes and hair salons were on Monday overrun as fully-vaccinated patrons responded to weeks of pent-up demand.

While authorities and business owners were nervous about potential conflict because unvaccinated people are currently denied entry and in-venue service, most in NSW were on their best behaviour.

"Last year, as we came through the pandemic, business confidence was key - was crucial - to driving economic growth, to ensuring that businesses continued to employ and bring people on," Mr Perrottet said.

"As we head into the summer months and Christmas trade ... businesses can go out and invest."

Eligible businesses with an annual turnover between $75,000 and $50 million will be able to apply for a grant of up to $20,000 to compensate for loss of perishable stock if they are impacted by a "last resort" lockdown. They would also be able to claim $10,000 for reduced capacity to sell non-perishable items.

The package includes toll road relief for businesses with an annual wages cost below $1.2 million which don't qualify for payroll tax.

Those businesses will be able to claim road tolls under the small business fees and charges rebate, increased to $2000.

Mr Perrottet said this measure would support tradies, but Opposition Leader Chris Minns said more relief was required.

"Under this government, tolls are forever, whereas this relief package runs out in June ... it's not much and it doesn't last very long," Mr Minns said.

With NSW already on the verge of another critical COVID-19 vaccination milestone, crowds could soon be back in stadiums and nightclubs.

More than 80 per cent of the population is predicted to be fully vaccinated around next Monday, triggering freedoms on October 25. If this occurs faster than anticipated, freedoms could be triggered on October 18.

As of Monday, some 75 per cent of eligible residents are double jabbed.

Unlike his predecessor, Mr Perrottet on Monday said he had no concerns labelling Monday a "Freedom Day" for the state, but reiterated caution.

He said he would in the coming weeks announce additional economic stimulus, including measures to rejuvenate the Sydney CBD and coax fully vaccinated workers back into the office sooner.

"We can't have dormant cities," Mr Perrottet said.

Mr Perrottet added that the easing of restrictions on Monday would likely help NSW avoid a second consecutive quarter of economic contraction, following the locked-down September quarter.

However the restrictions that remain in place, such as density and gathering limits, are still costing the state economy about $500 million per week, the premier said.

Peak business body Business NSW said the small business support package was welcome and would help engender confidence.

"Businesses can now plan and order the stock they think they'll need while their business begins to scale up again, with the knowledge the government has a level of protection in place for them," Business NSW chief executive Daniel Hunter said.

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Tim Tszyu's looming fight with Japanese warrior Takeshi Inoue will be relocated from the Gold Coast to another venue in Australia amid continuing uncertainty around the coronavirus pandemic.

The super-welterweight showdown is scheduled for Wednesday, November 17 and a new venue will be revealed in coming days, according to promoters No Limit Boxing.

"The ongoing uncertainty regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically the impact of hotel quarantine on the health and welfare of our fighters made it impossible for the fight to continue in Queensland" No Limit Boxing boss George Rose said on Tuesday.

"I want to stress that we are completely supportive of the hotel quarantine system and would like to specifically thank Queensland Health for doing all they could to make this fight happen on the Gold Coast.

"I can promise everyone that No Limit Boxing will be back on the Gold Coast bigger and better than ever in 2022."

Queensland fans will be hugely disappointed at missing the chance to see Australian boxing's biggest star back in action in the Sunshine state for the first time since he stunned Jeff Horn in Townsville 14 months ago.

But they will at least be fully refunded.

Tszyu (19-0, 14KO) will place his undefeated record on the line against Inoue (17-1-1).

The World Boxing Organisation (WBO) in August mandated Tszyu, as his division's No.1-ranked challenger, to fight for Brian Castano's super welterweight world title.

Castano has been holding out but there's no escaping the 26-year-old Sydneysider now following the WBO's intervention.

Barring a loss against Inoue, that blockbuster will take place next year.

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