Monarch Airlines Has Extended Its 2012 Flights Programme For Birmingham and East Midlands Airport. Monarch airline has today expanded its flight programme for Summer 2012, introducing two new scheduled services from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona and Nice. The airline also today launched its first programme of flights from its new UK base, East Midlands Airport, operating to key leisure destinations across the Mediterranean.
Flights for Summer 2012 from East Midlands Airport will start from 31st August 2012 and will include daily services to Malaga, Alicante, Faro (Portugal) and Palma (Majorca).
New and additional flights from Birmingham Airport will start from 20th July 2012 and include the following services:
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Nice - Daily flights
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Malaga - 4 additional weekly flights (Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays)
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Barcelona* - 4 weekly flights (Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays)
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Majorca - 3 additional weekly flights (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays)
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Alicante - 3 additional weekly flights (Mondays, Tuesdays and Sundays)
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Faro - 2 additional weekly flights (Thursdays and Saturdays)
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Rome - 2 additional weekly flights (Mondays and Wednesdays)
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Dalaman - 1 additional weekly flight (Fridays)
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Ibiza - 1 additional weekly flight (Wednesdays)
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Tenerife - 1 additional weekly flight (Saturdays)
Commenting on the additional flights for Summer 2012 flights and the new routes, Managing Director of Monarch Airlines, Kevin George said, ""We are delighted to be expanding our Summer 2012 flights programme from Birmingham Airport and launching our first programme of flights from East Midlands Airport; providing greater choice to our customers in the Midlands.
"The launch of operations from East Midlands accelerates the strategy we announced last year to focus on the development of our scheduled operations into key leisure destinations across the Mediterranean, the Canaries and North Africa.
"The addition of new daily services from Birmingham Airport to Nice, a new scheduled destination for the airline and the new services to Barcelona supports our determination to deliver an all-encompassing proposition; offering choice, value and superior customer service from all of the major gateways in the UK."
