Just read this in the Travel Weekly today:
"Monarch also plans to order new long-haul aircraft next year, after cancelling an order for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner at the start of its current turnaround plan.
Group executive chairman Iain Rawlinson said: “We will be putting out an RFP [request for proposal] on long haul next year.”
Rawlinson said three new appointments to the airline board, announced yesterday, form part of the transformation and expansion plans"
Personally, I'll believe it when I see long haul a/c parked up on the apron but this does sound more promising than anything else I've seen with regards to anything other than narrow bodied fleet (which is what I though was the only plan in place for now).
Full article:
Monarch plans 60-aircraft deal to replace fleet - Travel Weekly, 13 June 2013