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Record year for Monarch
Monarch carried over 3.2 million scheduled passengers in 2006, a 23.9% increase on 2005 and a record breaking year for the airline.
Latest figures showed passenger traffic reached 166,697 in December, an 11.9% increase compared to December 2005.
The month’s load factors were 67.35%, compared to 58.44% in December 2005. Internet bookings accounted for 90% of bookings.
In 2007 Monarch expects to see further growth thanks to increased capacity on some popular routes and expansion into the Eastern Mediterranean with the first low-cost scheduled flights from the UK to Cyprus.
It will also introduce eight new routes which include Birmingham to Ibiza, London Gatwick to Ibiza and Murcia, London Luton to Almeria, Ibiza and Larnaca, and Manchester to Ibiza and Jerez
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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