Administrators determining the future of the troubled airline Bonza are bracing for as many as 20,000 out-of-pocket customers to join a creditors meeting this week with the federal court hearing that online voting options are being considered. On Tuesday lawyers representing Hall Chadwick, the administrators controlling Bonza after its planes were abruptly repossessed a week ago, appeared before the federal court justice Elizabeth Cheeseman seeking orders to streamline the process for the first creditors meeting on Friday. It will be held amid ongoing efforts to find a new owner for the budget carrier. Cheeseman, sitting in Sydney, heard that 57,933 customers who had future bookings with the airline for flights that had not yet been cancelled – and for which refunds were not available – would be considered contingent creditors for the administration process, along with 120 trade creditors and 323 employees. James Hutton SC, one of the barristers representing the administrators, told Cheeseman there were “serious practical difficulties” preparing for the first meeting scheduled for Friday in Sydney. The court heard that there would be the option for creditors to join virtually and appoint proxies. Related: Goodbye, Bonza airlines, you were taken from us too soon. Thank you for...