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Monarch Airlines

Monarch Airlines CEO, Conrad Clifford
Monarch Airlines CEO, Conrad Clifford
IATA Code
ZB
ICAO Code
MON
Corporate Address
Prospect House
Prospect Way
London Luton Airport
Luton
Bedfordshire
LU2 9NU
ENGLAND
Website
http://www.monarch.co.uk
Main hub
Manchester Airport
Country
United Kingdom
Business model
Low Cost Carrier

Based at London’s Luton Airport, Monarch Airlines is one of the largest charter airlines in Europe and a subsidiary of the Monarch Travel Group. The carrier operates a network of scheduled seasonal leisure services within the Mediterranean and charter operations within Europe and to Canada, the Middle East and Canada for its parent. company.

Location of Monarch Airlines main hub (Manchester Airport)

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UK airports cater for LCCs while package vacation demand decreases but supply increases

13-Oct-11 2:40 PM

The expression ‘mixed messages’ is often banded around in the air transport business. There is a clear case of it in the UK right now where many airports are behaving as if there is little future for the traditional package holiday delivered by dedicated charter airlines while at the same time the LCCs, who were supposed to supplant the charter airlines with their FIT-friendly offer, are increasingly turning to the package vacation in order to differentiate themselves from the opposition and to appease growing demand from their customers.

UK airports record strong summer and first half, but charter carriers face up to new realities

14-Sep-11 2:51 PM

The UK’s major airports have reported a surprisingly upbeat summer season, with the country’s largest airport operator BAA setting a new passenger traffic record. London Luton, Gatwick, City and Manchester have also posted encouraging results this year, as the country shifted back into growth mode after a difficult few years. But BAA has warned that the better times could to be coming to an end, with a weaker-than-expected growth outlook for the remainder of the year.

LCCs and unaligned carriers take greater share of global aviation again in August 2011

11-Aug-11 3:28 PM

The world's low-cost carriers (LCC) and airlines not part of the global alliances have taken market share away from the leading global groupings again this month, continuing a theme of recent months. Over the past 12 months, LCCs have increased their share of global aviation (in terms of seats per week) from 22.9% in Aug-2010 to 23.8% in Aug-2011, while the un-aligned carriers have risen from 27.6% to 28.8%. Over the same period, Star Alliance's share has fallen 0.9 ppts to 23.1%, while oneworld has lost 0.8 ppts to 10.2%. SkyTeam has seen its share drop 0.3% to 14.1%, according to Innovata schedule data.

Global LCC rankings: Jun-2011. Unaligned carriers and LCCs gain greater share of global aviation

5-Jul-11 1:35 PM

The world's low-cost carriers (LCC) and airlines not part of the global alliances have taken market share away from the leading global groupings this month. Over the past 12 months, LCCs have increased their share of global aviation (in terms of seats per week) from 23.1% to 23.8%, while the un-aligned carriers have risen from 27.3% to 29%. Over the same period, Star Alliance's share has fallen 1.1 ppts to 23%, while oneworld has lost 0.9 ppts to 10.2%. SkyTeam, which has added China Eastern and Shanghai Airlines to the fold lately, has seen its share drop just 0.4% to 14%.

UK Government publishes call for evidence about its stake in NATS

22-Jun-11 3:04 PM

The UK Government is taking another look at its ownership in UK air navigation services provider (ANSP) NATS, announcing a "call for evidence" over its stake. The ANSP, partially privatised in 2000, has been the subject of much debate over the past six months, concerning the ownership levels of the government and other partnersft6.

Monarch moves as UK charter traffic continues long decline

14-Jun-11 4:45 PM

Monarch Airlines, the London Luton-based airline, recently announced it would move more aggressively into the scheduled market from 2012. Monarch, originally a charter airline, has played in both the charter and scheduled markets in recent years, as demand for charter traffic has waned due to the aggressive expansion of LCCs in the UK.

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