Eastern Med Boost for Monarch with New Flights to Turkey and Greece

    LUTON, ENGLAND, March 18, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Award-winning leisure airline Monarch is boosting its services to the Eastern Med this summer, with the launch of new scheduled flights to Bodrum in Turkey and the Greek island of Corfu from May. Find cheap flights now via www.monarch.co.uk with fares starting from only GBP68.99 one way including all taxes and charges.

The new Eastern Med flights will also be joined by a host of additional services to some of Monarch's key European hotspots across the Balearic and Canary Islands plus Cyprus.

The new and additional flights for summer 2011 include:
- *NEW* Luton - Corfu - 3 flights per week (launches 23 May)
- *NEW* Gatwick - Bodrum - 2 flights per week (launches 23 May)
- *NEW* Manchester - Bodrum - 2 flights per week (launches 02 May)
- *NEW* Birmingham - Bodrum - 2 flights per week (launches 23 May)
- Gatwick - Palma - 1 additional flight per week
- Gatwick - Tenerife - 1 additional flight per week
- Gatwick - Paphos - 3 additional flights per week
- Manchester - Larnaca - 1 additional flight per week
- Manchester - Paphos - 1 additional flight per week
- Manchester - Tenerife - 1 additional flight per week

Commenting on the new and additional flights this summer, Managing Director of Monarch Airlines, Kevin George, said, "Customer response to the 135,000 additional seats that were added into Monarch's summer flying schedule last month has been fantastic and we have continued to see demand for our services grow. It's great therefore that we have been able to respond to this demand further by boosting our Eastern Med programme with the introduction of new flights to Corfu and Bodrum, as well as strengthen schedules on a number of our core sunshine routes. Particularly pleasing is the addition of extra flights to Paphos from Gatwick and Manchester, which are not scheduled to start operating until May, but are already selling strongly."

Monarch operates scheduled cheap flights to Spain, Gibraltar, Portugal, Cyprus, Turkey and Greece from Birmingham, London Gatwick, London Luton and Manchester airports. In addition to year-round low fares, Monarch also offers a great range of products and services both on the ground and inflight, including affordable all inclusive holidays and other package deals. All customers are allocated a seat at check-in but for those wishing to select where in the cabin they sit to ensure that families and groups are seated together, seats can be pre-booked from GBP4.99 per one-way flight. For customers looking for added comfort, extra legroom seats are also available offering up to six inches of extra space from only GBP14.99.

Customers travelling on scheduled flights can also avoid the queues at the airport and take advantage of online check-in, which is available between 18 days and 4.5 hours prior to departure. With a great range of tasty hot and cold meals that can be pre-booked or purchased onboard from only GBP3.00, flying with Monarch really couldn't be simpler.

In addition to flights, Monarch also now offers a huge range of great value holidays, accommodation options, car hire and travel insurance.

For further information or to book Monarch flights, Monarch Holidays or Monarch Hotels, please visit www.monarch.co.uk.

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