Monarch's scheduled services now account for 60% of the airline's operation and provide convenient, low fare flights that can be booked direct - either here on monarch.co.uk, by telephone (08701 225 3884) or alternatively by contacting your travel agent.
Our affordable prices aren't the only benefit. Monarch is committed to providing a quality service, with experienced, professional staff who are amongst the best trained and most courteous in the industry.
Onboard you can enjoy up to 6 inches of extra leg room with our extra legroom seating, a delicious selection of hot and cold food plus excellent in-flight shopping.
What's more, you can be safe in the knowledge that you're flying on the latest aircraft, cared for by highly-qualified technical staff.
Our scheduled flights depart from London Luton, London Gatwick, Manchester and Birmingham airports. Here's our range of destinations:
| London Luton | Alicante, Almeria, Faro, Gibraltar, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Larnaca, Malaga, Menorca, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife |
| Manchester | Alicante, Almeria, Barcelona, Faro, Gibraltar, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Larnaca, Malaga, Menorca, Murcia, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife |
| London Gatwick | Alicante, Faro, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Larnaca, Malaga, Menorca, Murcia, Tenerife |
| Birmingham | Alicante, Almeria, Faro, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Malaga, Menorca, Murcia, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife |
There's a convenient timetable of frequent midweek and weekend departures, with low one-way fares. This means greater flexibility because there are no minimum or maximum stay requirements.
Everyone who appreciates low fares and high levels of care!
Our typical customers are property owners, independent holidaymakers, 'ex-pats' visiting the UK, golfers, business travellers and people visiting friends and relatives.
Vantage Club, our frequent flyer programme, offers a range of additional benefits and services. After a qualifying period, members are awarded Vantage Club points each time they fly with us - points that are easily redeemed for free flights.
Over 20 years. We've got more experience than almost any of the other 'low cost' operators - no wonder we do things differently!
Here are some of the 'milestones' in the history of our scheduled business:
| 1986 | Monarch's scheduled services are airborne. The Civil Aviation Authority awards us licences to three top Spanish resorts flying the Boeing 737. Demand exceeds all expectations. |
| 1993 | Monarch abandons the traditional restrictions of minimum and maximum stays on round-trip tickets. Instead, we offer a unique system of one-way fares. Round-trip fares are simply calculated by adding together the cost of the outward bound and inbound journeys. The combined fares are often lower than round-trip fares on many other scheduled airlines. Plus, they give travellers far more flexibility. |
| 2002 | Monarch introduces two new routes and a new destination in the summer: you can now fly to Faro from London Luton or Manchester. |
| 2003 | In the summer, Monarch inaugurates its first flight from Manchester to Palma de Mallorca, as well as doubling frequency on its Alicante, Faro and Malaga routes from Manchester. In the winter season, further inaugurations celebrate the first flights to Barcelona, Gibraltar and Tenerife from Manchester. |
| 2004 | Monarch introduces two new routes to Gran Canaria and Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. Flights commence at the start of the winter season. |
| 2005 | Birmingham International Airport becomes Monarch's fourth UK base with flights to Alicante, Faro, Malaga, and Tenerife. We also reconfigured our scheduled service fleet to include 48 extra legroom seats per aircraft, boasting an impressive 34" of legroom at a cost of £15 per sector (£20 on Canaries' flights). |
| 2006 | Monarch doubles capacity at Birmingham with the introduction of flights to Murcia, Almeria, Palma and Menorca. A new service between Manchester and Menorca commences in March, with other new services between Tenerife and London Gatwick and Manchester to Lanzarote starting in October. |
| 2007 | New routes to Larnaca and Almeria from Luton, Murcia from Gatwick and a new service to Ibiza from all four UK airports.. Increased frequencies across many scheduled services also take effect for the summer season. |
| 2008 | The addition of three new Airbus A321 aircraft into the scheduled fleet enable Monarch to expand its operation into the Eastern Med with services from both Manchester and Gatwick to Cyprus (Larnaca), as well as new flights to Murcia from Manchester and Menorca from Gatwick. |
Our success is all about responding to customer needs - realising that people want to fly at the times most convenient to them, and be free to organise their own accommodation. For over 20 years, we've met those requirements - and added value, quality and customer care.
