Monarch Airlines

Monarch Airlines is a leading British charter airline company.

History

Monarch started flying in 1967, using a Bristol 175 plane, from their base at Luton airport near London.

In 1971, Monarch entered the jet age with the Boeing 720 jet. By 1976, all the planes on Monarch's fleet were jets.

The 1980s was a decade of change for Monarch:in 1981, offices were opened at Gatwick International Airport, Glasgow International Airport and Manchester Airport. In 1985, Monarch applied for scheduled airline licenses, and in 1986, Monarch Crown Service was inaugurated as a scheduled division of Monarch.

In 1999, Monarch received Airbus A330 aircraft, allowing it to serve long reach charter destinations with a two class seating configuration.

2000 saw the coming of Monarch into the internet age, as they launched their website[1]. In 2002, Monarch unveiled a new livery on their aircraft, and Monarch Crown Service was re-named to Monarch Scheduled.

In the world of Model airplanes, Monarch has contracts with several airplane model companies, such as Wooster, Flight Miniatures, etc.

Destinations

Many charter destinations worldwide, in addition to domestic service in the United Kingdom.

Fleet

Boeing 757-200, Airbus A320, A321-321, A300-600, A330-200

Livery

The majority of the fleet are in the old livery of black and yellow cheatlines, with the name Monarch in black on the fuselage, and a black M with a black diamond and three black dots on top of the M at the tail. Newer or newly painted aircraft have gold and indigo colours that sweep along the lower half of the aircraft rising to the tail, which still bears the black 'M' logo with diamond and 3 dots above it.

Copyright note

Photo copyrighted by, and courtesy of, Mr. Martin Hodgson

See also

Monarch (disambiguation)