Monarch Group

The Monarch group is one of the best established names in British aviation.

When our businesses were founded in 1967, they had only 146 staff; today they employ over 2,800 highly-trained personnel.

Probably the best-known part of the Monarch group is Monarch Airlines - with its fleet of 28 aircraft.

The company has two divisions:

1. Monarch - the largest independent charter airline in the UK
2. Monarch - providing low cost, convenient flights that members of the public can book direct

Monarch is all about giving quality, value and choice - the hallmarks of the Monarch group.

Together, the two divisions of Monarch Airlines carry around five million passengers to nearly 100 leading destinations every year.

Monarch Aircraft Engineering

Monarch Airlines has a sister company, Monarch Aircraft Engineering. This is the technical division of the Monarch group, catering for all the engineering requirements of the Monarch fleet - as well as providing engineering services to some of the best known airlines around the world.

With extensive hangar facilities at London Luton and Manchester airports, the company employs 900 engineering staff.

Monarch Holdings Plc

Monarch Airlines and Monarch Aircraft Engineering are both subsidiaries of Monarch Holdings Plc. Other companies in the group include First Aviation, household-name tour operators such as Cosmos, Avro, Archers Direct and Cosmos Tourama as well as the online hotel booking service somewhere2stay.com.