Monarch is celebrating the launch of four new routes from Birmingham Airport 鈥 to Valencia in Spain, Split in Croatia, Naples in Italy and Rhodes in Greece.
The low cost airline and holiday company is the only carrier to take passengers from Birmingham to Valencia and Split.
Holiday packages are also available to the two new destinations.
Monarch also welcomed a Boeing 737 NG aircraft to its fleet at Birmingham this week (June 22).
The aircraft鈥檚 first flight will be on the 29 June to Rome.
Whilst at Birmingham it will also be a used for flight crew training purposes ahead of the delivery of the first brand new Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft arriving in April 2018.
When can I take a new Monarch flight and how much does it cost?
Valencia
Flights to Valencia launched today (22 June) and will operate twice a week on a Thursday and Saturday.
Fares, including taxes, start from 拢39 one way (拢60 return). Two night holidays start from 拢125 per person.
Customers on the inaugural flight were treated to a glass of bubbly and slice of Paella themed cake.
Monarch鈥檚 Chief Commercial Officer Ian Chambers was joined by David Winstanley, Birmingham Airport鈥檚 Chief Operating Officer at check-in with customers.
Rhodes
Flights to Rhodes launched yesterday (21 June) and will operate once a week on a Wednesday.
Fares, including taxes, starting from 拢52 one way (拢80 return). Seven night holidays start from 拢225 per person.
Naples
Flights to Naples will launch tomorrow (23 June) and will operate on a Monday and Friday.
Fares, including taxes, starting from 拢39 one way (拢88 return). Seven night holidays start from 拢279 per person.
Split
Flights to Split will launch on Sunday (25 June) and will operate twice a week on a Tuesday and Sunday.
Fares, including taxes, starting from 拢39 one way (拢65 return). Five night holidays start from 拢399 per person.
Other Monarch Flights
This week鈥檚 inaugural flights follow on from the launch of Stockholm and Porto in April with the airline now flying to both destinations three times a week.
The airline and airport say
Ian Chambers, Chief Commercial Officer at Monarch said: 鈥淲e are delighted to add even more flights and holidays to four new destinations to our Birmingham programme for summer 2017.
鈥淭hese new routes join Porto and Stockholm which we launched earlier in the year. Monarch is the only airline to fly to both Split and Valencia from Birmingham Airport.
鈥淲e鈥檙e really pleased to be flying a greatly expanded programme from Birmingham for the summer with more city and beach destinations. It鈥檚 also really exciting to welcome the Boeing 737 NG aircraft to the fleet for the busy summer schedule ahead of the first of our new 737 Max 8 aircraft arriving in April next year.鈥
David Winstanley, Chief Operating Officer at Birmingham Airport, said: 鈥淢onarch offers a fantastic selection of popular European routes to our passengers from Birmingham Airport. It鈥檚 great to see them expanding this choice further for our summer holidaymakers.
鈥淰alencia, Split, Naples and Rhodes are all steeped in history as well as being popular coastal destinations with fabulous ports and beaches. We are confident these will be very successful routes.鈥
