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Don’t let Sunday 16 June go by without remembering Father’s Day. If your dad is anything like mine, he’s a one-of-a-kind and he deserves a special treat – on this one day, at least! If you’re determined to give your dad the best Father’s Day ever this year, why not book him a holiday? Get ahead now and check [...]

Did you know Monarch Airpacks give you an extra 3kg in your hold bag if you add one to your booking? Click here to visit our Facebook page and tell us which silly or essential items you’d pack with your extra 3kg & you could win flights! Be quick, the competition won’t run for long! Other exciting things in [...]

Monarch loves to reward customers with exciting competitions on social media – here’s a wrap up of some of our recent caption competitions, quizzes and sweepstakes. If you’re among the winners listed below congratulations to you! Explorer Magazine Caption Competition We received an unprecedented number of entries for this competition in the January-February edition, via Twitter, Facebook and email. [...]

To celebrate the start of summer departures from our newest base, a group of Leeds City College & The Aviation Academy students created a giant Monarch spotty M outside Leeds Bradford Airport yesterday. More than 40 students, accompanied by staff from the faculty, were on hand to help mark the occasion. The summer programme of flying includes flights to [...]

Spring is here, and National Gardening Week is this week. For true gardeners and wannabe green-thumbs alike, now is the time to get outdoors and turn green with envy over the best gardens out there. This year, why limit yourself to England’s most beautiful gardens? There’s a world of amazing gardens to explore – and some of the best [...]

The British Royal family knows a thing or two about carrying on no matter what the weather. Last year, the Queen won the nation’s admiration by standing steadfast, at the age of 86, for four freezing hours as she was escorted along the Thames on a barge as part of her Diamond Jubilee celebrations. So with dreary forecasts ahead, [...]

Are you an aviation or engineering student? Would you like to see behind the scenes at Monarch Airlines and Monarch Aircraft Engineering and meet the people that make the UK’s leading leisure airline tick? Well now you can! On Wednesday 17th April, Monarch are hosting our second Universities Event, welcoming air transport, engineering, cabin crew and travel & tourism [...]

Croatia’s fortunes are looking up. This stunningly beautiful country is once again attracting visitors in droves, especially to its Adriatic coastline. Expect more positive vibes than ever this summer, as Croatia will be celebrating its acceptance into the European Union in July 2013. In the party spirit, we’re taking a look at more fun reasons to visit Croatia – [...]

As part of our mission to make flying fun again, three lucky people were greeted at check-in for the first Birmingham-Gibraltar flight on Saturday with a glass of champagne and a free flight voucher! Wendy, Jim and Sheila Palmer, were the first passengers to book on to the new flight to Gibraltar, which will operate three times a week. [...]

When Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to ascend Mount Everest nearly 60 years ago, it was a feat so impressive that both were promptly knighted (although it was two days before the pair heard about their new elevated status). Climbing Everest, earth’s highest mountain, is still a formidable challenge. In fact, between 1922 and 2011, [...]