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Monarch

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Average age of aircraft - 11.4 yrs, according to www.airfleets.net 19/06/16

Monarch is reported to have the following aircraft fleet:
10 Airbus A320 200
25 Airbus A321 200




Monarch Airlines, based at Luton airport, with other bases at Birmingham Gatwick and Manchester, started flying operations in 1968.

Monarch is the UK�s longest-established, privately owned travel group. The company includes a scheduled airline, in-house tour operator and an award-winning engineering division. Flying from 5 UK bases, London Gatwick, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds-Bradford and Luton where it is headquartered; the airline offers 7million sector seats to leisure destinations. The tour operating division offers package holidays across the airlines scheduled network focussing on beach and city breaks.

Monarch has a fleet consisting of Airbus A320 - A321 aircraft, and in 2015 carried 5.7 million passengers, an 18% drop from the previous year.

Monarch suddenly ceased flying operations in 2017 after years of financial difficulty.

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News items relating to Monarch


 02/10/17     Monarch Ceases Trading
It has been announced this morning that Monarch has ceased trading and that the Civil Aviation Authority has already started flying some of the 110,000 customers back to the UK. ...More

 08/01/08     Monarch Announce New Cyprus and Menorca Routes
Monarch have announced that from March they are to fly new routes from London Gatwick and Manchester to Larnaca in Cyprus, plus Gatwick to the Spanish island of Menorca....More

 23/10/07     Monarch Airlines now Accept Payments by PayPal
Monarch have become the first airline to accept online payments via PayPal, to give customers an alternative to the use of creditor debit cards. currently there are 15 million...More

 19/09/07     Fly Monarch to charge for checked in Luggage
FlyMonarch have become the latest to introduce a charge for checked in baggage. They are to charge 3.99 pounds per bag each way where this pre booked online or 10 pounds for pas...More

 15/12/06     Monarch to Fly from Luton to Cyprus
Monarch is to start flights from Luton to Larnaca in Cyprus on March 26th next year which will, according to the airline, be the first low-cost schedule flight to the island. Fa...More

 08/12/06     Monarch to fly Gatwick to Murcia from May 2007
Monarch are to start a new route from Gatwick to Murcia and are offering 1,000 seats for 1pound each (normal price 36.99 pounds one way). Monarch state that since starting the B...More

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