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Monarch Airlines is a charter Airline based in Luton , United Kingdom . It is one of the UK's largest charter airlines operating to Europe , USA , Caribbean , India and Africa serving mainly leisure destinations. It also operates scheduled flights (under the Monarch Scheduled brand) to Mediterranean destinations and the Canary Islands . Its main bases are London Luton (LTN), London Gatwick (LGW) and Manchester International (MAN). CODE DATA HISTORY The airline was established on 1 June 1967 by Mr. Bill Hodgson and Mr. Don Peacock, with finance from the Swiss Mantegazza and Albek families who own it to this day. It started operations on 5 April 1968 using a Bristol 175 plane. In 1971 , Monarch entered the jet age with the Boeing 720 jet. By 1976 , all the planes on Monarch's fleet were jets. The , offices were opened at London Gatwick Airport , Glasgow International Airport and Manchester International Airport . In 1985 , Monarch applied for scheduled airline licenses, and on 5 July 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. The airline also returned its two MD-11 aircraft to World Airways which it had leased while awaiting the Airbus A330 to arrive. 2000 saw the coming of Monarch into the Internet age, as they launched their website. In 2002 , Monarch unveiled a new livery on their aircraft, and ''Monarch Crown Service'' was re-named to ''Monarch Scheduled''. In Nov. 2005 Monarch starts flying from Aberdeen(Dyce), Newquay and Blackpool (Squires Gate) to Malaga. Picture of the Monarch MD-11.http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f4/Md11.jpg 2005 saw Monarch Airlines disposing the only DC-10 in the Fleet and donating the Front Section for use at Manchester Airport Aviation Park. Due to the lack of additional A330 aircraft on the market, Monarch leased one Boeing 767-300ER from MyTravel Airways to expand their long-haul product. Additional Destinations were put on the Network Map with services fly from Aberdeen(Dyce), Newquay and Blackpool (Squires Gate) to Malaga. In the world of Model Airplane s, Monarch has contracts with several airplane model companies, such as Wooster , Flight Miniatures , etc. SERVICES Monarch Airlines operates services to the following international scheduled destinations: Alicante , Almería, Barcelona , Faro , Gibraltar , Granada, Lanzarote , Lisbon , Las Palmas , Málaga , Menorca and Tenerife , with Murcia to join the network in Feb 2006. FLEET The Monarch Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at June 2005):
LIVERY All 27 aircraft in the Monarch fleet are now painted in the revised livery introduced in March 2002. The aircraft have gold and indigo colours that sweep along the lower half of the aircraft rising to the tail, which still bears the 'M' logo with diamond and 3 dots above it. EXTERNAL LINKS
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