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Monarch Airlines, also known as and trading as Monarch, is a British airline based at Luton Airport, operating scheduled flights to destinations in the Mediterranean, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece and Turkey. The airline's headquarters are at Luton with other bases at Birmingham, Leeds/Bradford, Gatwick and Manchester. Monarch is the oldest UK airline to have not changed its original name. It has around 3000 employees.
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Monarch Airlines, also known as Monarch, was a British charter and scheduled airline founded by Bill Hodgson and Don Peacock and financed by the Swiss Sergio Mantegazza family. The company later became a low-cost airline in 2004 before abandoning charter flying completely. The airline's headquarters were at Luton, and it had operating bases at Birmingham, Leeds/Bradford, Gatwick and Manchester.
  
Monarch Airlines carried over seven million passengers during 2014, a 3% increase compared with 2013 and a record total for the airline. In June 2010, the airline was ranked 58th in the Sunday Times Top Track 100 listing the biggest privately held British companies in terms of their sales. The company holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Type A Operating Licence, permitting it to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.
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When Monarch entered administration in 2017, it was the biggest airline collapse in UK history, leaving nearly 100,000 passengers and holidaymakers stranded. The company held a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Type A Operating Licence, meaning it could carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.
  
  

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Monarch Airlines, also known as Monarch, was a British charter and scheduled airline founded by Bill Hodgson and Don Peacock and financed by the Swiss Sergio Mantegazza family. The company later became a low-cost airline in 2004 before abandoning charter flying completely. The airline's headquarters were at Luton, and it had operating bases at Birmingham, Leeds/Bradford, Gatwick and Manchester.

When Monarch entered administration in 2017, it was the biggest airline collapse in UK history, leaving nearly 100,000 passengers and holidaymakers stranded. The company held a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Type A Operating Licence, meaning it could carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.


This page contains all films, TV series, and video games that feature aircraft of Monarch Airlines.

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