Quiet Life, I just had an idea that last years IB commencement at GIB, was part of the agreement with IB handling MON at Esp Airports.??:confused:

BYALPHAINDIA, IB are very much operating into Gib, not from it. They have no ground handling presence in Gib. And anyway GIB is not a Spanish airport.
- As such I really couldn't see any link!
Never mind...

Very good enjoy GIB.:bored:

Monarch
 

Two things. Firstly I think you will find that Gibair Handling do all civil handling at Gibraltar and is owned by the Bland Group which sold GB Airways to easyJet. According to local press reports that they have got to get there act together and cut costs to try and compete with the likes of Malaga and Seville airports on a more commercial basis as easyJet etc will have to think seriously about continuing with UK-Gibraltar flights.
Secondly, regarding Tim Jeans complaining about the cost of parking aircraft at Luton when not in use. Surely it would be better to have the aircraft flying if at all possible rather than sitting on the ground. Everybody knows that aircraft do not make any money unless they are in the air and remember where Mr Jeans used to work for some years ago – an airline which has a harp on its tail!

Happy 40th Birthday Monarch!
 

Any of you Girls/Guys lucky enough to serve on this flight?
http://www.flymonarch.com/cnt/news/index.asp?hdlId=1237

Monarchs pricing???

Went on Monarch's site again the other day, I just can't see where the 'discounts' are??

If anything the prices have risen, Probably due to fuel etc.

The thing that bothers me is, I keep getting e-mails 3 a week saying 50% & 75% off book now until a certain date, I go on and find no cheaper fares??

Yes, I would love to book, But not at £132 ret + £5 each way for seats to ALC for a 2 night short break.

All May's, June's, July's flights are all priced at over £101 ret.

I would book Bmibaby but the timings are not as good.

I just fancy a change from TOM.;)

At ZB's ret fares, We might as well go for a week??

You would think they would recognise this??

Byalphaindia
 

The discount advertised by Monarch is an 'extra web discount'. That is: extra discount for booking on the web only. It is not a discount on the ticket price.

Example:
Standard web discount - £5
70% Extra discount - £8.50

True, But theyr'e not the cheapest in the draw.

Yes, but you get what you pay for, l ask the question how many flights have Monarch cancelled over the last few years for weather delays, ATC failures, terrorist incidents and baggage failures, the answer is Zero.
You will not get to the check in desk and be told sorry flight cancelled we will get you out on first seats available, that will be in four days time.
During the snow at Gatwick the other weekend a flight was unable to depart due to the airport being snow closed, when finally open crew run out of hours. Now most airlines cancel the flight and your on your own, no Monarch fly out pax the next morning, not over the next week.:ok:

Value for money
 

Must admit as a punter I am always willing to pay a little more to fly Monarch to Malaga from BHX than the others on offer from BHX/EMA/COV. I do however usually find their prices on a par with the others, more often than not.

A happy regular customer.


Centre cities

BYALPHAINDIA - You get what you pay for including as you say better timings for yourself, also why do you think a short stay compared to week stay return should be a significantly different price if the demand for the flights are the same over those dates?:confused:

Monarch website is currently advertising for CC at both Dublin and Edinburgh. Are these both existing bases, or is this a new venture?

EDI is a long standing summer only charter base
AFAIK DUB is a new base, previously operated by UK based crews

New A330's (maybe...)!
 

Right so MON are doing the initial A330 type training for the RAF's new fleet of tankers/transports.

Apparently 14 on order of which only 9 will be used and 5 leased out to a UK operator where they can be recalled on short notice....

So will MON take 1 or more of these spare 330's? When pigs fly methinks! :E

Gibraltar
 

I see that Monarch are re-starting there Manchester - Gibraltar service, starting from September. The service will run three times weekly on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

It would be nice to see Monarch expand there route network from BHX...:ok::ok:

Dub Base
 

Re the Dub base, it appears that unlike previous Summers when Dub had the AB6 fri thru sun nite there is now an AB6 in Dub, Thur to Mon, 1 757 all week, another 757 fri sat and sun and an a330 popping over to SFB on a Fri.

But regards teh crew they are telling me on the Dub based a/c at the minute that the 2 senior C/C still Man or Lgw based with the rest of the recruited local in Dub with a guarantee of ONLY doing Dub flights!!! Mind you who wants to fly to LPA at 0145local on a sunday!!!!!!! Oh yes Monarch do!!!:eek:

dublindispatch

I think yr find its the tour operator thats wants to fly to LPA at 0145local on a Sunday, and I bet that most flights are full.

Dub Base
 

No its Monarch!!! They get a whopping rebate if they operate after 1am and b4 5 am!!! Same flight operated last yearat 2345

No it's not Monarch, dublindispatch. All Monarch does is supply the aircraft and crew. The tour operator decides the rest as long as it makes for a valid operation. The only reason Monarch flies it is because the tour operator doesn't have the resources in-house to fly it themselves. :ugh::ugh::ugh:

kinda strange cause it was there station manager who saids that the only times they could OFFER the tour operator!!

Maybe it was the only gap in the flying program available for a trip of that length.

Sounds like you heard what you wanted to hear. They are flying a programme not a one-off flight. You can't fly every flight at 9am local dep. Give me strength. Obviously it's Monarchs fault that there aren't 16 hours in the morning.....:ugh::ugh::ugh:

787 now due summer 2013!
 

Quote from Tim Jeans:

"After months of rumour Boeing has now confirmed to us the extent of the problems with the 787 production programme and the consequent effect this will have on the delivery schedule of our six aircraft.

"Boeing’s ability to ramp up production rates after the first deliveries was always the high risk factor in the programme and they have now confirmed that they will be unable to match their original estimates and are now planning on production build up in line with that they were able to achieve on the 777 programme. Taking the 777 programme as the benchmark, this would mean a 30 month delay to our first delivery and similar delays to the other five aircraft. The best case scenario is therefore that we would see the 787 in service for Summer 2013 which clearly has significant implications for the interim period.

"We are now working closely with Boeing on opportunities for them to assist us with interim aircraft to bridge the capacity gap in our programme. Inevitably some of the alternatives they will offer will be commercially sensitive, but we will share with you the possible options as soon as they are known to us."

Manchester - Preveza
 

Anyone know what aircraft monarch are using on the Sunday 07.00 fligh manchester to Preveza this summer?

tis the A300

Thanks for the info longarm :ok::ok::ok:

If its working!!:E:E

HedKandi is back......
 

I see Monarch have another HedKandi liveried 757 for the summer.
G-MONJ is the a/c in question.

See a couple of pics here
Aircraft.
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6253799
Tail.
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6253800

The tail colours are allegedly the original Monarch Uniform from 40 years ago !!
Looks great !!!! :)

Significant improvement over last year's scheme which looked like the aircraft had been parked in one of Crawley's less salubrious districts overnight and subjected to some graffiti.

Nice colours. :O
Shame about the passengers. :}
Does Hed Kandi have a drugs connotation ? :oh:

MON303 MAN - SFB 30 May
 

Could somebody let me know whether this is flown by an A330 or B767?
What is the seat pitch and IFE?

Cheers

Mon303
 

Listed as B763. Sorry but know seat pitch on this aircraft.

29" I think.

Not sure about the IFE. Never flown long haul with MON and not sure whether the 763 has a full company cabin.

Mon303
 

Thanks for the info TRS 2 and MUFC_fan.
Probably going to feel cramped having only flown scheduled or FCA on long haul before.
It was only booked yesterday as a cheap last minute holiday.

If you fly often with FCA, TOM, EK etc. I guarantee you will feel cramped! Don't expect the same quality of service either. I'm not saying that MON's service is bad as I have never flown with them long haul, only short, but I would guess it will not be as good as the FCA service which is fantastic.

mon3693 26th may?
 

Currently on the beach in MBA with people wondering what happened to this flight - they are waiting to take it home - 24 hour delay - the rep knows little.

Can anyone shed some light?

Does anyone know what happend to Monarch operating from GLA. In 2005 or 2006 they had a based A320 for the summer, was this on behalf of someone? Also no SFB flight from GLA this ear.

Re the MBA delays.

Presumably a knock on affect from the flight which went tech in SSH a few days back, dunno if it was an A300 or A332 though

A332 stuck in SSH since Sunday, hoping to dept tonight to MBA after it gets back from SSH.
Not been a good weekend all-round, on the various fleets.:{