News: More flights to the sun from Birmingham Airport
Flights > News > # 570 (22/09/2005)
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Low cost airline Monarch Scheduled have announced a major expansion to its services from Birmingham Airport for next summer. As well as introducing three brand new routes to Spain, the airline will also increase capacity on its existing routes and basing an additional Airbus A321 aircraft in Birmingham.
After the launch of the its new base at Birmingham Airport in April 2005, Monarch Scheduled is introducing three brand new destinations to its network:
- Murcia (four times each week*);
- Menorca (three times per week*) and
- Palma de Mallorca (once per week*).
Since opening it's Birmingham base, Monarch Scheduled has carried more than 160,000 passengers to and from Europe. The airline will continue next summer to offer daily flights to Tenerife, together with three flights per week to Alicante, whilst vastly increasing capacity on its other existing routes with:
- Five extra flights per week to Malaga* - this means a double-daily service to and from the Costa del Sol's most popular city each Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and represents a 40% capacity increase on the route compared to Summer 05.
- A 600% increase in frequency on flights from Birmingham to Faro. Flights to the Algarve will operate everyday instead of just once per week
Commenting on the developments, Tim Jeans, managing director of Monarch Scheduled said:
"This is an exciting day for Monarch Scheduled and our rapid growth further proves our commitment to Birmingham International Airport. We launched our base with confidence earlier this year and our record-breaking summer is testimony to the fact that we were right about there being a strong market for low fares and high quality service in the Midlands."
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This latest expansion by Monarch sees competition remaining strong in the market for budget flights from Birmingham.
The word "saturation" was being banded around following the launch of bmibaby's base at the airport in January, which was alrea
