Monarch Airlines

[Brum X]

Its up to the author what he does with it. Did he know that they are going full circle by selling more holidays again?

TBH mate, I really have no idea what you are talking about.

 

[Deleted member 8277]

TBH mate, I really have no idea what you are talking about.

His dissertation is about monarchs public perceptions since the change from charter to LCC. The charter side was amongst other things selling package holidays which they stopped to concentrate on LCC only. Now they are going back to selling more holidays again with monarch holidays albeit not quite charter ops, as well as LCC.

 

[Seasider]

Similar mode of operation to Jet2 I believe.

 

[Deleted member 8277]

Similar mode of operation to Jet2 I believe.

And like Ryanair, easyjet selling holidays along side seat only.

 

[jfy1999]

Madrid, Menorca and Paphos are starting earlier next summer. All three resume at the end of March 2018 (this year they resume around the end of April).

W17/18 seems to be a work in progress but encouraging signs for S18 so far

 

[JF57]

Madrid, Menorca and Paphos are starting earlier next summer. All three resume at the end of March 2018 (this year they resume around the end of April).

W17/18 seems to be a work in progress but encouraging signs for S18 so far

Easter is 2 weeks earlier in 2018. Is that the reason?

 

[Ray Finkle]

Salzburg and Turin are now bookable for winter both at the same frequency as last winter. Grenoble and Innsbruck still aren't on sale but the press release did say that more is to be released soon.

As it stands Gibraltar stops for winter, as does Venice (they barely operated last winter). Barcelona is down to 3x weekly in Nov and Jan but there are extra flights over the school holidays. Alicante, Malaga and Las Palmas all gain frequencies on last year.

I think we'll see more changes between now and then.

 

[Ray Finkle]

This seems to be doing the rounds at the moment.

G-ZBAV

https://twitter.com/airline_images/status/851747642665205760

 

[nwoody2001]

say hello to our 10th based aircraft....

 

[Brum X]

Awesome, I love it

 

[Brummiegem]

Great to see the Monarch livery on a Boeing aircraft again.
I remember seeing the B737-300s many years ago,and vaguely remember the B720s.
Can't wait to see the aircraft at BHX.

 

[jfy1999]

Schedule for the 738 posted by OltonPete on PPRuNe:

Monday: AM - Faro, PM - Dalaman
Tuesday: AM - Tenerife, PM - Palma
Wednesday: AM - Mahon, PM - Dalaman
Thursday: AM - Rome, PM - Alicante
Friday: AM - Lisbon, PM - Madrid
Saturday: AM - Tenerife, PM - Malaga
Sunday: AM - Faro, PM - Lisbon

 

[JF57]

Schedule for the 738 posted by OltonPete on PPRuNe:

Monday: AM - Faro, PM - Dalaman
Tuesday: AM - Tenerife, PM - Palma
Wednesday: AM - Mahon, PM - Dalaman
Thursday: AM - Rome, PM - Alicante
Friday: AM - Lisbon, PM - Madrid
Saturday: AM - Tenerife, PM - Malaga
Sunday: AM - Faro, PM - Lisbon

Presume the plane has come with some crew as Monarch crew not trained on Boeing yet I assume?

 

[IanFarquharson]

Monarch pilots fully trained on 738 and waiting a while for a plane to fly !

 

[JF57]

Monarch pilots fully trained on 738 and waiting a while for a plane to fly !

Only some of them apparently. Once converted to Boeing they cannot fly the Airbus any more so only a few crews converted so far.

What a nightmare for the changeover period!

 

[Jerry]

Only some of them apparently. Once converted to Boeing they cannot fly the Airbus any more so only a few crews converted so far.

What a nightmare for the changeover period!

If they were trained on the Airbus before what is stopping them from being able to fly both aircraft for Monarch?

 

[JF57]

If they were trained on the Airbus before what is stopping them from being able to fly both aircraft for Monarch?

Must be the rules. The planes are very different to fly - side stick in Airbus, for example. I have been told by two Monarch pilots (one BHX and one LTN) that once converted that is it. I presume they know what they are talking about.

 

[jfy1999]

More comprehensive summary from RoutesOnline detailing the B738 schedule in peak summer.

Birmingham – Alicante eff 22JUN17 1 weekly
Birmingham – Barcelona 07JUL17
Birmingham – Dalaman eff 21JUN17 2 weekly
Birmingham – Faro eff 25JUN17 2 weekly
Birmingham – Lanzarote 19JUL17 / 09AUG17 / 30AUG17 / 25OCT17
Birmingham – Lisbon eff 23JUN17 1 weekly (Except selected dates)
Birmingham – Madrid eff 23JUN17 1 weekly
Birmingham – Mahon 21JUN17 – 18OCT17 1 weekly
Birmingham – Malaga eff 24JUN17 1 weekly (additional 737 service scheduled from 18SEP17)
Birmingham – Palma Mallorca eff 27JUN17 1 weekly (additional 737 service scheduled in July/August/October 2017)
Birmingham – Rome eff 22JUN17 1 weekly (2 weekly from 14JUL17)
Birmingham – Stockholm Arlanda 16JUL17 – 17SEP17 1 weekly
Birmingham – Tenerife South eff 24JUN17 2 weekly

 

[Paulsstrange]

So does this see us having 10 aircraft operating 2 waves of flights minimum st high summer ...ie 20 plus flights ?

I ask as I thought one aircraft was only due to do one wave originally

 

[Matt995]

once the 738 flights start in mid/late June, their will be an A321 spare in the morning only, the exception is wednesday where 1 A321 is spare all day and a A320 spare just in the morning.

I guess this will help Monarch if they get any technical issues knowing they have a spare airframe available every morning.