Monarch Customers NOT Dreaming of a White Christmas!

UK Airports Set to Handle 140,000 Scheduled Monarch Customers

LUTON, England, December 16 - It would seem that not everyone is dreaming of a white Christmas this
year as award winning low fares airline Monarch gets set to fly almost
140,000 customers to warmer climes in Europe for the festive period.

Between Friday 18 December and Monday 04 January 10, Monarch will operate
1,724 scheduled flights to some of Europe's key hotspots with top
destinations this year being Tenerife
(www.monarch.co.uk/canary-islands/tenerife/flights), Malaga
(www.monarch.co.uk/spain-mainland/costa-del-sol/malaga/flights) and
Alicante, where temperatures of up to 21 degrees will be enjoyed this
Christmas period - up to 17 degrees warmer than the UK can expect.

Despite the current economic climate Brits are still looking to escape
the winter chill with a recent online survey by www.monarch.co.uk
revealing that 86% of respondents are planning to holiday in sunnier
climes this winter season.

The poll*, which ran on monarch.co.uk asked visitors to the site if they
were planning to take a holiday this winter. 86% responded yes they would be
looking to escape for some winter sun, whilst a further 6% answered yes and
stated they were planning a skiing trip. Only 8% of all respondents said they
were not planning a holiday this winter season.

If you haven't yet booked and fancy enjoying the festivities away from
home or seeing the New Year in overseas it's not too late to grab a great
deal to the sun with Monarch - just visit monarch.co.uk where the lowest
fares are always available.

Monarch operates scheduled flights to Spain, Gibraltar
(www.monarch.co.uk/gibraltar/flights), Portugal and Cyprus from
Birmingham, London Gatwick, London Luton and Manchester (
www.monarch.co.uk/united-kingdom/england-north-west/manchester/flights
) airports. In addition to year-round low fares, Monarch also offers a unique
range of tasty hot and cold food onboard with prices from GBP2.00. To enable
customers to select where in the cabin they sit and ensure that families and
groups sit together, seats can be pre-booked at GBP7.50 per one-way flight,
or from only GBP15, extra-legroom seats are available, which offer up to six
inches of extra space.

Passengers travelling on scheduled flights can also avoid the queues at
the airport and take advantage of online check-in which is available between
seven days and 4.5 hours prior to departure.

In addition to cheap flights (www.monarch.co.uk/flights), Monarch
also now offers a huge range of great value holidays
(www.monarch.co.uk/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

* The poll is currently live on www.monarch.co.uk. As of 10th
December 2009 a total of 2,829 responses had been received

    For further media information contact
    Leah Rosewell in the press office
    Tel: +44(0)1582-398-241

For further media information contact Leah Rosewell in the press office: Tel: +44(0)1582-398-241; Email: leah.rosewell at monarch.co.uk