Monarch Airlines (1968) (London Luton) has cancelled its order for six B787-8s originally placed in 2006 and has announced plans to concentrate on the short haul scheduled services business. It has received another cash injection from its Switzerland based owner Globus Travel Solutions to cover on-going losses. As part of its new strategy, it will add two ex-Air Berlin (AB/Berlin Tegel) A320-200s in spring 2012 and launch a wide range of new scheduled services from its UK bases to the Mediterranean: Birmingham-Dubrovnik: 2x weekly service starting on March 25 Birmingham-Heraklion: 2x weekly service starting on March 25 Birmingham-Milan Malpensa: 4x weekly service starting on March 25 Birmingham-Rome Fiumicino: 5x weekly service starting on March 25 Birmingham-Venice Marco Polo: 4x weekly service starting on March 25 London Gatwick-Dubrovnik: 3x weekly service starting on March 25 London Gatwick-Heraklion: 3x weekly service starting on March 25 London Gatwick-Milan Malpensa: 6x weekly service starting on March 25 London Gatwick-Venice Marco Polo: 4x weekly service starting on March 25 London Luton-Rome Fiumicino: 4x weekly service starting on March 25 Manchester-Dubrovnik: 3x weekly service starting on March 27 Manchester-Milan Malpensa: 4x weekly service starting on March 25 Manchester-Venice Marco Polo: 4x weekly service starting on March 27 Manchester-Verona: 2x weekly service starting on March 25 Monarch had wet-leased one of its A330-200s to Garuda Indonesia (GA/Jakarta Intl) during this year’s Hajj charter season.
Monarch Airlines News Update
Monarch Airlines Airbus A321-200,
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