Monarch drops charter partner after runway incident at Birmingham
Monarch has stopped chartering flights with a Lithuanian airline following an incident at Birmingham Airport on Friday which saw an aircraft skid off the runway.
Aurela Airlines’ Flight ZB467, a Boeing 737 chartered by Monarch, was arriving from Nice with 135 passengers onboard.
Monarch said passengers were safely disembarked from the aircraft and coached to the terminal to be cared for by Monarch Airline staff.
"At this time we understand that no passengers or crew have sustained any injuries," it said in a statement on Friday afternoon.
"Monarch apologies to all passengers on-board and is offering them all possible assistance. Monarch is working with Birmingham Airport to move the aircraft and is fully assisting with the authorities. As a standard precaution emergency services have attended the aircraft."
It could not confirm how many services were operated by Aurela Airlines, but said: "We are working hard to ensure that any delays that have occurred as a result of this are kept to a minimum."
Flights at Birmingham Airport were suspended after the incident, which happened just after 13:10 BST.
The airport re-opened later that afternoon but some departing flights remained subject to delays.
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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