Monarch Airlines, also known as and trading as Monarch, is a British airline based at Luton Airport, operating scheduled flights to destinations in the Mediterranean, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece and Turkey, with additional charter services to Europe, the United States, the Caribbean, India and Africa.
The airline's headquarters are at Luton with other bases at Birmingham, East Midlands, Gatwick and Manchester. A new base will open at Leeds/Bradford on 23 March 2013. Monarch is the oldest UK airline to have not changed its original name. It has around 3000 employees.
Monarch Airlines carried around 5.9 million passengers during 2011. In June 2010, the airline was ranked 58th in the Sunday Times Top Track 100 listing the biggest privately held British companies in terms of their sales. The company holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Type A Operating Licence, permitting it to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.
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