Monarch Airlines

[TheLocalYokel]

Flights to Porto now booked, looking forward to it

Monarch with pre booked seats and one bag came in £150 cheaper than Ryanair seat only

When are you going, Ray?

Porto has been on our list for a while now but we never seem to get around to it. I'll be interested in your thoughts when you get back.

 

[JF57]

Flights to Porto now booked, looking forward to it

Monarch with pre booked seats and one bag came in £150 cheaper than Ryanair seat only

Good to see they can give the Irish Mafia a good run for their money. According to press today Monarch bookings up for next year.

Just a shame they are ditching Airbus.

 

[Jerry]

I've been seeing tv adverts for them so hopefully that is helping and they will continue to expand into new markets and setup bases at new airports.

 

[Ray Finkle]

When are you going, Ray?

Porto has been on our list for a while now but we never seem to get around to it. I'll be interested in your thoughts when you get back.

We're going in May, so a while to wait yet.

It's also been on my wishlist for a while but likewise it never seemed to happen. Monarch have some excellent prices at the moment which were just too good to miss.

It'll cost me a fortune once Mrs F sees the port wine tasting

 

[Jon Dempsey]

If Monarch are replacing with 737 Max's, would this put Florida in their potential range.

 

[Ray Finkle]

I think Florida would need a stop. It'd be able to do the North East US destinations.

 

[nwoody2001]

It would put the northeast seaboard in their range but that's about it direct ...we'd have to wait for them to purchase 787s for the rest of America to come online!!!

 

[Coathanger16]

Having given up on long haul flights a few years back, its rather unlikely Monarch would begin flying them again in the near future. Whilst some NE American destinations would be possible with the 737MAX, I suspect Monarch will want to make maximum use of their aircraft and so deploy them only on European destinations. The MAX does give them flexibility down the line if the want to return to flying long haul though.

 

[JF57]

Monarch have just cancelled the first Monday flight of the season to Larnaca on 27th March. Competition from other flights or just a bit early for extra capacity?

 

[Ray Finkle]

It could well be a bit of both?

Easter is a little later this year so the kids don't break up until the week after.

 

[wolfheze]

Flight to palma booked . It will be my first flight for 3 or 4 years.

 

[Daza]

Courtesy of another forum (nwoody from this forum I think) MON to start Split 2x week, Valencia 2 x week, Naples 2 x week and Rhodes weekly more new routes stacking up! Valencia has never been served before and Split is a return to the route for MON Link is http://blog.monarch.co.uk/monarch-l...-airport/?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral
Flights commence late June 2017
Daza

 

[nwoody2001]

Monarch are adding 4 new routes/7 new weekly flights from BHX this summer :O)

• BHX – Split (2x weekly) – New Destination for BHX
  
• BHX – Valencia (2x weekly) – New Destination for BHX
  
• BHX – Naples (2x weekly)
  
• BHX – Rhodes (1x weekly)

No idea is this is another based aircraft and an increase in capacity, or have other routes lost out? Either, 2 new previously unserved destinations ticked off the list!

http://blog.monarch.co.uk/monarch-launches-new-flights-for-summer-2017-from-birmingham-airport/?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral

 

[Daza]

Great news nwoody....hope you dont mind me nabbing your post the more we share these routes the better
Daza

 

[Bhx_fifteen]

Excellent news!!! A few years ago i flew with Monarch to Split, travelled around various places in Croatia before flying home from Dubrovnik. The following year, Monarch cancelled the Split route which i thought was a great shame. Very glad to see it back along with 3 other new routes!

 

[thunderchild]

There's your 50 routes Ray! Excellent selection there from Monarch - hope things work out for them. I wonder if Ryanair will launch Valencia? Split and Naples could well be future Jet2 routes.

 

[Karl C]

Judging by the flight times they are all BHX based and not W flights.

Cheers

Karl

 

[nwoody2001]

sounding positive but the question is, is this a new based unit at BHX or have other routes from BHX lost out?

 

[thunderchild]

Interesting little fact - as things currently stand with these new routes BHX is now neck and neck with LGW as the largest base in terms of destinations served. Obviously if routes have been cut to make way for them it changes but thought it was worth noting.

 

[jfy1999]

Well played Monarch...they keep identifying markets that other carriers have been unwilling to serve from here. Ryanair seem to have viewed their EMA-Valencia route as sufficient for the whole Midlands, so in their recent VLC expansion they chose Manchester, Glasgow and points east and west besides...but not BHX, and now Monarch have cashed in. Pretty much the same goes for Naples!

Here is the full schedule for all the new routes... I think Ray will be interested as I believe he was considering a trip to Valencia

Naples
Monday
BHX 16:00 NAP 19:50
NAP 20:40 BHX 22:40
Friday
BHX 14:15 NAP 18:05
NAP 18:55 BHX 20:55

Rhodes
Wednesday
BHX 16:00 RHO 22:05
RHO 22:55 BHX 01:10

Split
Tuesday
BHX 14:45 SPU 18:30
SPU 19:20 BHX 21:10
Sunday
BHX 17:20 SPU 21:05
SPU 21:55 BHX 23:45

Valencia
Thursday
BHX 15:10 VLC 18:45
VLC 19:35 BHX 21:20
Saturday
BHX 14:50 VLC 18:25
VLC 19:15 BHX 21:00