Monarch -2
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Dorset
Posts: 677
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Scandic, is there any chance that you could spare us from the incessant ravings about Monarch getting more 757s? It is very boring and entirely speculative.
Back to the point - my understanding is that Monarch were trying to increase the prices which Olympic had paid for many years by a sizeable percentage. Olympic said no and have gone off to get other flying elsewhere.
Monarch has picked up a contract to do a total of five 757 roundtrips per week (using an aircraft with 30+ seats removed for the purpose) on Gatwick-Ottawa and Montreal plus a Gatwick-Toronto-Birmingham W pattern. That is hardly going to replace the gaping hole in Greece and Cyprus left by the end of the Olympic deal.
And whenever they have tried to expand using Avro and Cosmos, they have ended up with both of those subsidiaries losing loads of money - so what's going to be different this time? As renort said, logic like that was the undoing of XL to a large degree.
Back to the point - my understanding is that Monarch were trying to increase the prices which Olympic had paid for many years by a sizeable percentage. Olympic said no and have gone off to get other flying elsewhere.
Monarch has picked up a contract to do a total of five 757 roundtrips per week (using an aircraft with 30+ seats removed for the purpose) on Gatwick-Ottawa and Montreal plus a Gatwick-Toronto-Birmingham W pattern. That is hardly going to replace the gaping hole in Greece and Cyprus left by the end of the Olympic deal.
And whenever they have tried to expand using Avro and Cosmos, they have ended up with both of those subsidiaries losing loads of money - so what's going to be different this time? As renort said, logic like that was the undoing of XL to a large degree.
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Barton Upon Humber
Posts: 1,984
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
That is hardly going to replace the gaping hole in Greece and Cyprus left by the end of the Olympic deal.
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: BELFAST
Posts: 70
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Monarch Canada
If Monarch have apparently got this Canadian Affair Contract, when we be able to book the flights?
Will they go for sale on the Monarch Charter on their website or just CA?
Will they go for sale on the Monarch Charter on their website or just CA?
Canadian Affair sent me an updated brochure this week. ALL 757 flights are shown as MONARCH, seat pitch 32". But the 757s will only be operated from Gatwick & Birmingham.
It looks like the MAN-YYZ is now exclusively operated by Air Transat A310/A330. (as is LHR, GLA, EXT, NEW)
The only TCX flight to YYZ is a weekly A330 on a Monday from Gatwick.
It looks like the MAN-YYZ is now exclusively operated by Air Transat A310/A330. (as is LHR, GLA, EXT, NEW)
The only TCX flight to YYZ is a weekly A330 on a Monday from Gatwick.
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Crawley
Posts: 254
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Those of you who think monarch might be in trouble couldn't be further from the truth. Just because they told olympic where to go doesn't mean they are in trouble. It means that they aren't idiots excepting any contract even if the money doesn't balance. Remember Cosmos and monarch and basically the same company so some good advertising from them should bring in a good yield.
If monarch made a loss this year i'd be really surprised from what i have seen. Maybe a small profit but not a loss.
If monarch made a loss this year i'd be really surprised from what i have seen. Maybe a small profit but not a loss.
In the year to October 2009, Monarch lost £19.2m. ttg18062010 The current year's figures will be affected by the disruption caused by the ash cloud.
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Solihull
Age: 60
Posts: 3,326
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
PFO
Good to see PFO added but as I have said on the BHX thread it looks like they have just converted two IT flights to schedule unless BHX is getting a 5th based aircraft. Also it is thus far summer only unless the schedule/timetable has yet to be updated.
Are the LGW and MAN schedules similar to BHX and just a case of changing the flights from IT to schedule? I hope I am wrong and it is an increase in real terms but it seems unlikely?
Pete
Are the LGW and MAN schedules similar to BHX and just a case of changing the flights from IT to schedule? I hope I am wrong and it is an increase in real terms but it seems unlikely?
Pete
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: UK
Posts: 355
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The Wednesday flight from MAN would seem to be the Charter becoming a scheduled flight.
The timings are exactly the same and the Charter flight is no longer available. I don't know about the Sunday flight.
The timings are exactly the same and the Charter flight is no longer available. I don't know about the Sunday flight.
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Solihull
Age: 60
Posts: 3,326
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
December pax up 12.88%
2011 News - Flights - Monarch passenger numbers soar in December 2010 | Flights News | Monarch
Very noticeable at BHX that there were less cut-backs in the first two weeks of December, which is traditionally a quiet period. There has been some pruning of the January schedule at BHX but certainly no worse than last year, in fact I would say overall there will be slightly more ZB movements than in 2010 .
Sam1664
Not heard that one but it is the kind of boost BHX needs.
Pete
Very noticeable at BHX that there were less cut-backs in the first two weeks of December, which is traditionally a quiet period. There has been some pruning of the January schedule at BHX but certainly no worse than last year, in fact I would say overall there will be slightly more ZB movements than in 2010 .
Sam1664
Not heard that one but it is the kind of boost BHX needs.
Pete
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Prospect House
Posts: 42
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
didnt take long for the new boss to start shaking things up. Wonder who's next...?
from TTG
Tim Jeans quits Monarch Airlines
Jan 07, 2011 09:29
Tim Jeans has quit as managing director of Monarch Airlines.
He is leaving “to pursue other opportunities outside the group,” according to parent company the Monarch Group.
Jeans has been succeeded by Kevin George, who is promoted from the role of airline operations managing director.
George has more than 25 years industry experience and has been with Monarch Airlines for four years.
Group chief executive Conrad Clifford said: “Kevin has done a fantastic job in managing all operational aspects of the airline and we are looking forward to drawing on his wealth of experience in commercial strategy and service delivery which will be key components of the new direction for Monarch Airlines going forward within the Monarch Group.
“We are grateful to Tim for his valued contribution to the growth of the Monarch Airlines business over the last six years and we wish him every success for his future.”
Monarch Airlines operates a fleet of 30 aircraft on scheduled and charter flights to more than 50 destinations, carrying around six million sector passengers a year.
from TTG
Tim Jeans quits Monarch Airlines
Jan 07, 2011 09:29
Tim Jeans has quit as managing director of Monarch Airlines.
He is leaving “to pursue other opportunities outside the group,” according to parent company the Monarch Group.
Jeans has been succeeded by Kevin George, who is promoted from the role of airline operations managing director.
George has more than 25 years industry experience and has been with Monarch Airlines for four years.
Group chief executive Conrad Clifford said: “Kevin has done a fantastic job in managing all operational aspects of the airline and we are looking forward to drawing on his wealth of experience in commercial strategy and service delivery which will be key components of the new direction for Monarch Airlines going forward within the Monarch Group.
“We are grateful to Tim for his valued contribution to the growth of the Monarch Airlines business over the last six years and we wish him every success for his future.”
Monarch Airlines operates a fleet of 30 aircraft on scheduled and charter flights to more than 50 destinations, carrying around six million sector passengers a year.
