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Sad to see these two aircraft going. Both have served Monarch for a long time so they must have done a good job. Wonder why the A320 was not retained for next summer as the standby aircraft.
Hopefully Monarch have found some more aircraft to use for summer 2013 as well as the two A320's and two A321's due next year.
Hopefully Monarch have found some more aircraft to use for summer 2013 as well as the two A320's and two A321's due next year.
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You wonder how long both Monarch and Jet2 can both keep expanding and competing for the same business in a market such as the one we're in at the moment. Michael O'Leary is right when he says that the market in Europe is going through a period of consolidation, so might they be better off as a joint force, offering something above Easy/FR but below Thomas Cook/TUI.
Wouldn't a more profitable merger be between Monarch and Thomson? The two biggest European players in that "niche". With both names/brands remaining (a la Iberia/BA Air France/KLM)
Would never happen though.
Would never happen though.
There is already a strong player between FR and TOM (leisure wise anyway). It's called Easyjet and is much stronger than Monarch who hold a similar position between the former two.
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I would definitely say an enlarging fleet of MON second hand A320's and ageing A300/330 is "below" a TOM Brand new fleet of factory delivered 737-800 or new 787's. But each to their own.