Monarch launches 12 new winter routes
Monarch Airlines will launch 12 new routes for next winter, including scheduled services from Leeds Bradford International for the first time.
As already revealed exclusively to TravelMole last month, Monarch will also launch its first ever programme of scheduled ski flights this winter.
Pictured are Monarch cabin crew with Leeds Bradford Airport CEO John Parkin (left) and Monarch Airlines managing director Kevin George, right.
It will fly to Grenoble, Friedrichshafen and Munich airports, which offer easy access to the eastern Alps in France, Switzerland, Bavaria and Austria.
Milan, Venice and Verona will operate year-round, providing access to the southern Alps and the Dolomites.
The three remaining routes are to Madeira and Sharm el Sheikh.
The 12 routes will launch at different stages from the autumn, with Munich flights launching from mid September and Madeira and Sharm el Sheikh routes launching from the end of October.
The Grenoble and Friedrichshafen routes will launch mid-December and will run until early April 2013, concluding with the Easter holidays.
Routes to Munich and Grenoble airport will be further supported with additional flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport.
Monarch Airlines managing director Kevin George said: "The launch of these routes for winter 2012/13 marks an exciting new era for Monarch as we introduce our first programme of scheduled ski flights and target a new customer base of skiers looking to fly to Grenoble, Friedrichshafen, Munich as well as via our numerous Italian destinations.
"The network will also be further strengthened by the addition of services from Leeds Bradford International Airport which will be launching this winter."
Monarch announced last week that it was starting flights from East Midlands for the first time and additional routes and frequencies from Birmingham.
The addition of expanded services in the Midlands, combined with 12 new winter routes will add almost one million seats to the Monarch programme over the next 12 months.
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