Monarch Airlines

[justplanecrazy]

Are Norwegian going to help themselves to a big slice of the cake?

 

[Ray Finkle]

If the three routes they've announced do well then there could well be more to come.

 

[Ray Finkle]

BHX will see a Jet Time 737-700 based from May to October operating 2-3 flights per day for Monarch.

 

[Ray Finkle]

The winter programme is out:

Alicante - from 5 to 6x weekly then 7x weekly in Feb.

Faro - from 3 to 4x weekly with 5x weekly in the holidays.

Fuerteventura - from 1x weekly to 2x weekly.

Las Palmas - 2x weekly but with a third flight at Christmas and in Feb.

Malaga - from 4x to 5x weekly with 7x weekly in Feb school holidays.

Rome – 2x weekly with 4x weekly at Christmas and 3x weekly from Feb.

Sharm – 3x weekly rising to 4x weekly in Feb, there are extra flights over the Christmas holidays.

Venice - restarts 2x weekly in Feb

All the rest remains the same except Gibraltar which looks to have been dropped, for the winter at least.

 

[Ray Finkle]

FR24 shows the Jet Time 737 arrived this morning.

It's first flight for Monarch will be Barcelona tomorrow morning.

 

[juliet-fox-9]

Once again Monarch are providing the variety. Let's have them lease something big this year! In 2013 they used a EuroAtlantic 777 although that never came to BHX.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Gibraltar is now bookable for winter at 3x weekly 🙂

 

[juliet-fox-9]

Preveza resumes on May 24.

 

[juliet-fox-9]

EC-ISY has so far flown to Venice and Palma.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Monarch Airlines Announces Additional Routes and Frequencies for Winter 2015/16 from Birmingham

Monarch has announced additional routes and frequencies to its winter schedule for 2015/16 from Birmingham Airport; which covers flights until the end of April 2016, including the popular Easter period.

The following routes are now on sale for winter 15/16: Barcelona, Gibraltar and Majorca.

Additional frequencies to routes already on sale for winter 15/16 from Birmingham Airport include Lanzarote, Malaga, Alicante, Faro, Rome, Madeira, Fuerteventura, Grenoble, Larnaca, Gran Canaria, Sharm el Sheikh, Salzburg, Tenerife, Turin and Venice.

Marjan Schoeke, Head of Network Development for Monarch Airlines comments: “We are delighted to announce the release of additional flights and frequencies to our schedule for winter 15/16 from Birmingham Airport. These additional routes and frequencies provide our customers with an even greater choice of destinations whether that be winter sun, ski or city short breaks.”

Birmingham Airport chief executive Paul Kehoe, added: “Monarch’s decision to announce additional routes to Barcelona, Gibraltar and Majorca and increase frequencies on existing routes throughout winter 15/16 from Birmingham is great news for passengers who want to grab some winter sun or hit the slopes from their local airport.”

For more information or to book flights please visit: http://www.monarch.co.uk/offers/flights ... ts-on-sale

https://www.birminghamairport.co.uk/med ... irmingham/

 

[juliet-fox-9]

Additional routes? All three of these have been going for as long as I can remember. Or are they just summer only routes that have been moved to year-round?

 

[Ray Finkle]

Sounds like the usual spin. I think they announced Ryanair to Gdansk as a 'new route' when it went year round despite the fact it had been operating though the summer.

 

[Ray Finkle]

ZB908 from BHX to Dalaman was forced to divert into Sofia to offload six 'disruptive' passengers. Apparently they were ‘drinking their own alcohol’, ‘smoking in the toilets’, and ‘grabbing female staff’.

I hope Monarch bill them for the full cost of the divert :s_yes

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/mi ... cy-9393773

Photo courtesy of Chris Casey https://twitter.com/chriscasey123

 

[TheLocalYokel]

I'd like to think they'd be banged up in an old style Eastern Bloc prison for a few weeks. It might concentrate their minds for the future.

At the very least let them find their own way back from Bulgaria. I hope the British consular authorities there give them minimal help.

 

[juliet-fox-9]

At BHX today we have a proliferation of planes that are still in the old livery with the white tail. So far we have had G-OZBM, -BR, BU, and -BT.
That behaviour on the flight wasn't just stupid and unnecessary, not to mention extremely bad for the other passengers, it should've been easy to prevent--how'd they get alcohol and cigarettes on the plane? And why do bad things always seem to happen on MON's leased aircraft?

 

[Brummiegem]

Because they were traveling outside the EU,it was perfectly legal to buy duty free alcohol and cigarettes.That is not the problem as many others on the flight would have also have bought duty free.
It was the fact that a few could not wait till they got into Dalaman before going on a 'bender'.
Neither is it the cabin crews job to police the passengers.They can refuse to serve or sell alcohol if they believe there could be a problem,but too many people in this world cannot take responsibility for their own actions.

 

[Jon Dempsey]

In my opinion, Monarch need to sort out their boarding procedures as a LOCO.

Even though they sell priority boarding etc, when you get to the departure gate, there is the usual melee.

Both Ryanair & EasyJet use priority queues, with a defined queue at the departure gate and the ticket type boldly printed on the boarding card. Also, the despatching staff at the gate seem unaware of the procedures.

 

[juliet-fox-9]

I tend to view MON more as a leisure carrier or LCC/leisure hybrid than a LCC probably because all their routes are traditional sun destinations and they had long haul not so long ago.
They are undergoing restructure in many areas, but I'm still not sure what sort of carrier they are meant to be 😆

 

[Jon Dempsey]

I see Monarch have, once again, delivered disappointing financials. I can see another shake-up/down coming there.

 

[juliet-fox-9]

Uh oh.
Well, they have been bailed out once, but the events over the next few months could be critical for BHX as I believe Monarch carries the most passengers from here.