Hi all. What are loads like from noc for the summer to faro with ryanair on the same route with 4 a week comming for the summers months?:confused:

airnoc,

why not ask on the noc thread, or the ryanair thread?

strange question to be asking on the Monarch thread...........

Loads on the NOC-FAO are always very good with a load factor of over 90%.

But you have to remember this is a charter route with pax on package holidays and is not sold on the monarch website so its up to the charterer to sell the seats.

Is the boss at monarch some kind of unofficial BBC spokesman for the airline industry he always on either the tv or radio 4 giving his" expert" view, which i suspect is more about getting free good publicity for monarch than anything else

HXdave, I think you mis-understood airnoc's post. He was asking what the Monarch loads were like now that Ryanair operate the same route. Must admit, it took me a while to fathom that one out.

TSR2, i see what he means now. thanks for clarifying, and glad to see i wasn't the only one to get a bit confused.

airnoc, my apologies for my uncouth post.

Has nobody got much to say at the moment.:bored:

i heard a rumour that monarch engineering was moving into a hanger at church fenton airfield any one confirm ?

I doubt it: it's RAF, and you'd barely get an A320 down there, let alone an A330!

Went to PMI last Monday afternoon,sat with Ryan Giggs in the gate area,have to say
seemed a reasonable guy to talk to,children well behaved,unlike some of the others.

Went out on the ZB 534 and returned on Jet 2 Saturday evening flight.
On comparison, I preferred the ZB flight. What let Jet2 down - smelly toilet -
tray tables and floor area dirty - PA system most of the time could not be heard -
and the sandwich was not worth the money. (I suppose that goes for most of the airlines).
Jubilee

ZB area totally diferent class to jet 2 both times ive flown with jet 2 the cabins were a disgrace they appeared to held together with gaffer tape

Here we go again Simonchowder loves Monarch & hates Jet2........we all know this -give it a rest mate.
All the LS 757s have brand new cabins & the 73s are next.
I could give you a list of what I like/dont like about LS or ZB.but its a personal choice.
:rolleyes:

Very much agree Mr A Tis.

What Jet2 have done for LBA has been fantastic and the other airports they are working it, they are doing a great job. Their new cabins are fantastic adding to a world class crew make it a fantastic experience (on their 757s and soon 737s!)

ZB likewise have great crew and aircraft.

To be honest, any flight involving the 757 is a pleasure to fly on - even if sat on a haystack! :ok:

With Ref. to my post 1157.

Sat near to the front in both aircraft, ZB A320 O/B. LS 757 I/B.
Have to say the 757 noise level was far higher than the A320.
No axe to grind with either airline,in fact flights booked on both later in the year.
Jubilee

Especially during take-off!:}

G-SMAN
 

G-SMAN not so good at the minute its flying around with only one winglet Swissport ripped it off when towing onto a stand one morning at Man:{

New Route
 

Looks like Monarch have added a 3-times a week LGWPMI service starting 17Jul. Always seemed a bit odd that they flew there from all the rest of their UK bases and not LGW.

sman winglet
 

new one fitted sat night.o/t for 3 guys.thank you swissport.

I reckon Church Fenton could easily take an empty A330 with 6,000ft+ runway.Monarch put the first 757 into LBA before the runway extension with only 5,400 ft. and even less declared landing distance I think 4,900 ft or so and with 130 pax.BA put a Tristar into Jersey with about 5,590ft of runway.

Any news about anything its gone a bit quiet