The Monarch Airlines - A New Way to Travel

The Monarch Airlines is a British airline and it is one of the largest charter airlines of the United Kingdom. It has over a hundred destinations worldwide of which seventeen are scheduled. It is a subsidiary of the Monarch Travel Group. The Monarch Airlines go way back to 1967, formed by Bill Hodgson and Don Peacock who were the ex-directors of the British Eagle International Airlines with the financial help of Swiss and Mantezza families just like a subsidiary of Globus Gateway Holdings, who were the owners of UK based tour operators Cosmos Tours now known as Cosmos Holidays.

The Monarch entered its jet era in 1971 with its three Boeing and it is quite known that in 1985 the CAA gave the Monarch Airlines a number of licenses to start its scheduled services to Minorca and Tenerife. This made it possible for the Monarch Airlines to launch its scheduled services from Luton to Minorca on July 5, 1986, under the name of the brand, Monarch Crown Service. Throughout the years the Monarch Airlines operated several Boeings such as 767 and later brought the first Airbus A320 family aircraft into its fleet.

The Monarch Airlines is the most popular airline of Asia, it is the second largest passenger airline with passengers increasing every year. It is even the only airline in the United Kingdom which survived with the same name that it incepted with. The Monarch airline is a scheduled airline based in Luton, England. Also it operates many Mediterranean destinations, the Canary Islands and Cyprus. The head quarter of the Monarch Airline is in Luton and it is also its main base. The other main operational headquarters of the Monarch Airlines are in London Gatwick, Manchester and Birmingham

The Monarch airlines have really low fares, which mean it is affordable to all. The monarch Airlines will soon be introducing a new feature in their services, celeb air, and a television program in which the celebrities would be trained to take on duties given by the airlines. For this service the Monarch airlines will be providing an Airbus to fly to destinations such as Minorca, Cyprus etc. These flights will be carrying actual customers and it would sound very perfect. And soon HedKandi CD’s and radio stations will be available to buy and to listen to on board Monarch aircraft as well.

The Monarch Airline has even won awards in the years 2006 and 2007 for the most improved UK Charter Airline for Punctuality and Airline of the Year-leisure. As far as its security goes, the Monarch Airline has had two incidents in one there was severe damage done to the structure of the aircraft and in the other the plane had lost complete visual contact but there was no loss of lives. The Monarch Airline fleet would soon be consisting of aircrafts such as 4 Airbus A300-605R, 5Airbus A320-200, 13 Airbus A321-200, 2 Airbus A330-200, 7 Boeing 757-200 and Boeing 767-300ER.

The Monarch Airline also has the license of United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority for carrying mail and cargo and passengers with 20 or more seats. The key people in the Monarch Airlines are Bill Hodgson, Don Peacock, Alan Snudden, Peter Brown, and Tim Jeans. If you want more information regarding the Monarch Airline then its official website can be visited or by the help of search engines and you can book a flight easily after all it is the second largest passenger airline.