Monarch -2

[simonchowder]

Any truth in the rumour monarch are operating a couple of aircraft out of Dublin this summer

[globetrotter79]

...like they have every other year, you mean?!!

2009 - I believe MON operated 2x A321 aircraft weekends ex-DUB
2010 - I understand this will be 1x A320 and 1x A321, again over the weekends only

[simonchowder]

The reason i asked smartarse was due to the fact monarch closed the base at dub recently and made a number of staff including the station engineer redundant .

[ryanair1]

BOH?

Bournemouth on the radar at all?

Tenerife, Funchal, Malta, Gibralter, Malaga would be great

[compton3bravo]

Would be nice if one could spell GibraltAr correctly from the great mansion!

[SCANDIC]

Monarch a330

I see on jethros website Monarch have another 330 to come from somewhere.

[Hamburg 2K8]

Some relations of mine returned from Goa 13+hrs late a few weeks ago as the Monarch A330 had techincal problems and my dad returned from Goa on Saturday with an hour delay, again due to technical problem. How old are these A330 Monarch have? Are they not due for some new aircraft's? Also, where have their A300's gone?

[captaintrigger]

Not that old, both of them are 1999 models!!

The 4 A300's are still with the company and have/are undergoing 20 year checks!

[Ringwayman]

That A330 is alleged to be ex-BD.

[Skipness One Echo]

I would bet that Monarch are getting them on a much better lease rate than BMI did !

[im going in]

Ringwayman / Scandic

As Captaintrigger states, G-SMAN or G-EOMA will replace G-DIMB on the Air Med lease, there are no plans for a 3rd 330.

Hamburg 2K8

When did Monarch have a 13hr delay? I cant find one.

[thebeehive]

Hello,

BA have cancelled my LGW-PFO in September and am looking to cancel and book Monarch due to the days of the week the flights operate.

LGW-PFO for september, can anyone tell me the aircraft due on MON3468 and MON3469?

Used to be an A300. Also, are any A330's due to operate any LGW-PFO's?

Thanks

TheBeehive

[TartinTon]

thebeehive,

still down to be an A300 both ways. No plans for an A330 on PFO at present.

[Spotter LBA]

A300's

I hope your not as tall as I am. Flown with MON on the A300 four times and have made a promise never to fly on those ac of MON again!! I think its called how many people can you cram on a plane!?!?

[smudgethecat]

Flown with monarch numerous times on various aircraft types always found them to be a first rate outfit, which no doubt why there still going strong after 40 plus years

[Spotter LBA]

Smudge the cat.

I too have flown on Monarch several times on nearly all of their ac types. As an airline goes I too have found them to be ok but just not when you are on one of their A300's!!

[smudgethecat]

I suppose if your some gangly oversized mutation then perhaps legroom may be a problem however for people in the normal size range i dont think there any worse than the rest tbh

[Spotter LBA]

27 to 28inch seat pitch????? I think you will find that the A300 layout is far worse than most curent charter airlines flying around Europe! Have you flown on the MON A300 recently Smudge the cat?

[TSR2]

Have you flown on the MON A300 recently

Yeh .. cosy ... very cosy... Every time I breathed out, I blew the wig off the guy in front

[Easy Ryder]

Sorry Smudge the legroom on the 300 is abysmal.

I work for them and i wouldnt sit as pax on that thing