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Monarch Airlines
IATA Code
ICAO Code
IATA Prefix
Callsign
ZB
MON
974
 Monarch

Monarch Airlines Airbus A321-231
Monarch Airlines
Prospect House
Prospect Way
Luton Airport
Luton LU2 9NU
UNITED KINGDOM

Tel.: +44 1582 400000
Fax: +44 1582 411000
SITA:
Email:
Website: www.monarch.co.uk

Type: Scheduled, charter, international, pax
Owner: Globus Travel Group (100%)
Base: Luton (LTN)
Hubs: Manchester (MAN); London Gatwick (LGW); Birmingham (BHX)
Start of ops: April 1968
Monarch Airlines operates this equipment:
  • 5 x Airbus A300-600R
  • 5 x Airbus A320-200
  • 20 x Airbus A321-200
  • 2 x Airbus A330-200
  • 3 x Boeing 757-200
  • Boeing 787-8 (6 on order)
Executives:
Chief Executive:
Managing Director:
Chief Financial Officer:
MD, FlyMonarch.com:
Operations Director:		 Peter Brown
Timothy Jeans
Alistair Moffat
Liz Savage
Kevin George

Monarch Airlines is a British charter and scheduled airline based at Luton. It is one of the United Kingdom's largest charter airlines, operating to Europe, the United States, the Caribbean, India and Africa, serving mainly leisure destinations. It also operates scheduled flights to many Mediterranean destinations, the Canary Islands and Cyprus. The airline's main base and headquarters is at Luton with other operational bases at Manchester, London Gatwick and Birmingham.
Monarch Airlines is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Monarch Holdings, which in turn is 100%-owned by the Globus Travel Group. As of mid-2009, Globus Travel's shareholders include Amerald Investments (88%), Atlantic Financial Services (7%), Abaco Holdings (4%).[3]

Accidents and Incidents:
Date
Aircraft
Registration
Location
Country
Fatal
Damage
18-May-01 Airbus A300B4-605R G-MONS near Casablanca Morocco
0
substantial