I am somewhat surprised about some of these comments about Monarch. It does not seem to me to matter where their commercial departmnet is based. It is surely what they do that matters.
In respect of their scheduled services, these have grown rapidly over the past couple of years. I am a regular user on their Malaga route. I can assure anyone who reads this that their service levels are higher than those on BA. Their prices are very competitive and judging by the loads that I have seen the service is very popular. Incidentally their Internet site is excellent. I find it to be the easiest to use of any airline. Their phone service is also excellent.
On top of all that they have had a reputation for 36 yeras now of being a very competent operator.
I wish them very good luck and I hope to see further expansion of their services between Gatwick and Malaga. The market is certainly there.