Monarch swoops in on East Midlands routes
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Monarch Airlines has announced it will launch a new base at East Midlands Airport and increases services from Birmingham minutes after bmibaby announced it could close in September.
Monarch is to introduce a new base at East Midlands from late summer this year to sun favourites including Malaga, Alicante, Palma and Faro. In addition from Birmingham, it will launch flights to Barcelona and add frequencies to Malaga, Alicante, Faro, Rome and Palma.
“In light of recent industry changes, opportunities have opened up in the market. It has become clear that the Midlands will be underserved as a region in the future, and that there is a lack of quality carriers to serve customers travelling from the area,” said Kevin George, managing director at Monarch.
“As an airline with over 40 years heritage and a stronghold in the Midlands already, the expansion of our existing services from Birmingham and the launch of operations from East Midlands makes perfect sense for Monarch, and accelerates the strategy we announced last year to focus on the development of our scheduled operations into key leisure destinations across the Mediterranean, the Canaries and North Africa”.