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Award winning airline Monarch is delighted to once again be supporting When You Wish Upon A Star’s fundraising efforts this month. The airline will be operating a series of specially charted flights to Lapland on behalf of the charity who are taking scores of children and their families out to the snowy wilderness in a quest to search for Father Christmas.

Award-winning low fares airline Monarch is making flying easier for families travelling with young children by introducing a complimentary hold baggage allowance of 10kgs for infants.

The great Christmas getaway has started early at award winning low fares airline Monarch this year, with over 140,000 passengers set to jet off to warmer climes in Europe for the festive period.

Award winning low fares airline Monarch is increasing it scheduled flying programme to the Canary and Balearic Islands for Summer 2009 in response to strong demand from customers taking advantage of early flight booking offers.

Award winning low fares airline Monarch has added services to Ibiza to its scheduled summer flying programme for 2009. The flights, which are available to book on monarch.co.uk from Friday 05 December will start flying on 21 May and operate until 05 October 2009.

Monarch are working alongside the Andalucian Tourist Board this month to promote this extraordinary region. Andalucía boasts more than 800 kilometres of wonderful beaches, a sunny climate and an intriguing natural heritage, making it the ideal winter sun destination.

Responses to a recent online poll conducted by award winning low fares airline Monarch indicate that the British public are bucking the current credit crunch trend and are determined to continue to jet off and enjoy the warmer climes of the Mediterranean.

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Award winning low fares airline Monarch has added in excess of 12,000 seats to its scheduled flying programme this Christmas in response to phenomenal customer demand.

To cope with extra demand over the half term period, budget airline Monarch have added extra flights from Manchester to Tenerife every Friday between 24 October and 28 November.

The wait is nearly over for 11 celebrities who have spent the last six weeks training to be part of a brand new ITV2 reality show, CelebAir. Award-winning leisure airline Monarch has been sharing its 40 years of aviation experience with the celebs who must make the grade if they’re going to emerge victorious from their eight-week stint with the airline, which commences on Tuesday 26th August.

Monarch Airlines are now working with Essential Travel to bring you the best choice of airport parking and airport hotels, at the most competitive prices.

Head off the beaten track and make the most of your holiday. Explore the sights and sounds of your chosen destination with a hire car and return home with unique memories and photo’s to show your friends and family.

70% of participants in an online poll voted extra leg-room top of their wish list on their flight. Monarch offer more extra legroom seats than any other low fares airline. Take advantage of their massive 34” seat pitch (the same as Club class seats) from just £15.00 per one-way flight (price varies by route).

Buying travel insurance from Monarch partner insure4u.com couldn’t be easier, the simple online booking process allows you to review our products, book online, download your policy and your confirmation will be emailed directly to you, making last minute bookings easy.

Monarch Airlines is aware of the current situation involving Swissport staff at Gatwick airport that could potentially lead to industrial action taking place on 25th and 29th August 2008. Swissport provides ground handling services (e.g. Check in, Boarding gate, Baggage loading) to Monarch Airlines at Gatwick.

Award-winning low fares airline Monarch is celebrating a record breaking month after carrying almost 460,000 passengers on scheduled flights in July 2008, the highest number of passengers carried in any one month.

Award winning leisure airline Monarch will be sharing its 40 years of aviation experience with a host of famous faces from Monday 14 July, as its sets about training a group of celebrities, who must measure up to Monarch’s standards and take on roles across the airline including cabin crew, check-in and ticket desk.

Award-winning low fares airline Monarch is preparing to fly a record number of passengers as the schools break up for summer with 250,000 passengers booked to travel at the beginning of the school holidays*.

The Monarch Travel Group comprising Monarch, the low fare scheduled and charter airline and Cosmos, the UK’s largest independent tour operator, has launched ‘Monarch Holidays’, a new direct sell brand which will be marketed direct to consumers via the Monarch website.

Despite other airlines currently reporting lower than expected results, May saw a huge increase in passenger numbers and load factor for low fares airline Monarch on it’s scheduled services, compared to the same period last year.

Award winning low fares airline Monarch and music lifestyle brand Hed Kandi have cemented their 2008 FlyKandi partnership with the launch of a fully branded Boeing 757 aircraft, which has taken to the skies for the first time this weekend.

2007 saw the inaugural Hed Kandi aircraft take to the skies. The landmark partnership between lifestyle brand Hed Kandi and award winning low fares airline Monarch was a ground breaking and triumphant collaboration that has gone on to receive a prestigious 2008 Hollis Sponsorship Award. Following their phenomenal success in Ibiza last year, Hed Kandi and Monarch are expanding their FlyKandi partnership to include more scintillatingly stylish party destinations such as Barcelona, Puerto Banus (Marbella), Tenerife and Mallorca.

Award winning low fare airline Monarch is once again leading the way by announcing its entire Winter 2008/2009 schedule well in advance of its competitors. The programme, on sale now via monarch.co.uk, includes almost 1.75m seats from London Luton, London Gatwick, Birmingham International and Manchester Airports.

Award winning low fares airline Monarch is re-launching services between Manchester and Gibraltar, with a three times a week service commencing in September.