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Monarch Airlines
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'''Monarch Airlines''' is a charter
airline based in
Luton,
United Kingdom. It is one of the UK's largest charter airlines operating to
Europe,
USA,
Caribbean,
India and
Africa serving mainly leisure destinations. It also operates scheduled flights (under the
Monarch Scheduled brand) to
Mediterranean destinations and the
Canary Islands. Its main bases are
London Luton Airport London Luton (LTN) and
London Gatwick Airport London Gatwick (LGW).
Code Data
*
International Air Transport Association IATA Code: '''ZB'''
*
International Civil Aviation Organisation ICAO Code: '''MON'''
*Callsign: Monarch
History
The airline was established on
1 June 1967 and started operations on
5 April 1968 using a
Bristol 175 plane. In
1971, Monarch entered the jet age with the
Boeing 720 jet. By
1976, all the planes on Monarch's fleet were jets.
The
1980s was a decade of change for Monarch: in
1981, offices were opened at
London Gatwick Airport,
Glasgow International Airport and
Manchester International Airport. In
1985, Monarch applied for scheduled airline licenses, and on
5 July 1986, ''Monarch Crown Service'' was inaugurated as a scheduled division of Monarch.
In
1999, Monarch received
Airbus A330 aircraft, allowing it to serve long reach charter destinations with a two class seating configuration.
2000 saw the coming of Monarch into the
internet age, as they launched their website. In
2002, Monarch unveiled a new livery on their aircraft, and ''Monarch Crown Service'' was re-named to ''Monarch Scheduled''.
In Nov. 2005 Monarch starts flying from Aberdeen(Dyce), Newquay and Blackpool (Squires Gate) to Malaga.
2005 saw Monarch Airlines disposing the only DC-10 in the Fleet and donating the Front Section for use at Manchester Airport Aviation Park. Due to the lack of additional A330 aircraft on the market, Monarch leased one Boeing 767-300ER from MyTravel Airways to expand their long-haul product. Additional Destinations were put on the Network Map with services fly from Aberdeen(Dyce), Newquay and Blackpool (Squires Gate) to Malaga.
In the world of
Model airplanes, Monarch has contracts with several airplane model companies, such as
Wooster,
Flight Miniatures, etc.
Services
Monarch Airlines operates services to the following international scheduled destinations:
Alicante, Almería,
Barcelona,
Faro, Portugal Faro,
Gibraltar, Granada,
Lanzarote,
Lisbon,
Las Palmas,
Málaga,
Menorca and
Tenerife, with Murcia to join the network in Feb 2006.
Fleet
The Monarch Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at June 2005):
*4
Airbus A300-605R
*6
Airbus A320-200
*7
Airbus A321-200
*2
Airbus A330-200
*7
Boeing 757-200
*1
Boeing 767-300 (Ex
MyTravel Airways)
Livery
All 27 aircraft in the Monarch fleet are now painted in the revised livery introduced in March 2002. The aircraft have gold and indigo colours that sweep along the lower half of the aircraft rising to the tail, which still bears the 'M' logo with diamond and 3 dots above it.
External links
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Monarch Airlines - Official site
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Monarch Airlines Fleet Detail
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Monarch Airlines Passenger Opinions
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Photos of Monarch Airlines aircraft
Category:Airlines of the United Kingdom
Category:Low-cost airlines
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