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Airbus A320-200 Monarch Airlines GLA
A Monarch Airlines Airbus A320 aircraft

Monarch Airlines is a budget airline which is based in the United Kingdom. It was created on 5 June 1967. Its first flight was on 5 April 1968 from Luton in England to Madrid in Spain. Monarch now flies to many different places around the world, and usually to holiday resorts.

Aeroplanes

Monarch's fleet consists of 30 aircraft: 4 Airbus A300 aircraft, 5 Airbus A320 aircraft, 16 Airbus A321 aircraft, 2 Airbus A330 aircraft and 3 Boeing 757 aircraft.

Monarch had ordered 6 Boeing 787 aircraft which were due to be delivered in 2013. They have now cancelled their order.

Images for kids

  • Bristol Britannia - Duxford Airfield - geograph.org.uk - 793242

    One of Monarch's oldest aircraft, a Bristol Britannia 300 which can be seen today at Duxford Airfield

  • Boeing 720-051B, Monarch Airlines AN1288962

    Monarch Airlines Boeing 720, in the livery of the era, at London Luton Airport in 1979

  • BAC 111-509EW One-Eleven, Monarch Airlines AN0339871

    Monarch Airlines BAC 1-11 at Faro Airport in 1986

  • Monarch alicante

    Boeing 757-200 in the old livery, Alicante Airport, Spain

  • Monarch Airlines Airbus A320 Watt

    Airbus A320 at Aberdeen Airport with flymonarch.com written at the front, the airline's original web address

  • Monarch a321-200 g-ozbu takeoff from manchester arp

    Airbus A321-200, (G-OZBU) in the 2009 livery, taking off from Manchester Airport

  • CelebAir Airbus A321 at Manchester Airport 2008

    Monarch's CelebAir aircraft

  • G-OZBN A.321 Monarch "Wills & Kate logo" (5627602849)

    Airbus A321-200 at Manchester Airport in the Prince William & Kate Royal Wedding scheme

  • G-EOMA 3 A330-243 Monarch PMI 27MAY12 (7281499666)

    Monarch used to operate two Airbus A330-200s until it ceased long-haul operations in April 2015.

  • G-MPCD Inside

    Cabin aboard a Monarch aircraft; Monarch was in the process of replacing the reclining seats with new non-reclining, lightweight seats at the time of closure.

  • G-ZBAT GIB

    Monarch Airlines Airbus A320-200

  • G-ZBAO (17715340746)

    Monarch Airlines Airbus A321-200

  • BAC 111-517FE One-Eleven, Monarch Airlines AN1804769

    Monarch BAC One-Eleven 500

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