Thanks Darren, thats very helpful!

Hello,

I too am going to be travellin on MON1484 to Dalaman next Monday. I notice, looking at pictures of the A300, that there are a coulpe of rows that are classed as window seats, but they dont actually have windows. Would you be able to let me know what rows these are, as i really dont want those rows when i go to check in.

Many Thanks

Dazzy W

DazzyW,

Welcome onboard
I can't give you exact row numbers, but you'll probaby want to avoid approx. rows 11 and 13. This is where wiring and air conditioning pipes are routed.

Darren

Hi Dazbo you said to ask again in May about my Monarch flight to Corfu departing friday's at 23:45, is this still an A321 ?

boygeorgefan,

Still an A321-200 at the moment.

Darren

Will it be specific A321's or do they use any on that route ?
I am lead to believe they only operate G-MARA and G-OJEG on charters.

boygeorgefan,

Aircraft are rotated all the time for maintenance so it could be one of many. They're all the same inside so it won't make any difference.

Darren

Are all Monarch's A321's IFE equipt ?

Save goes for my flight to Turkey MON 1484 - Entertainment???

DazzyW,

All aircraft are fitted with IFE as far as I know, it's just not shown on some of the scheduled (ZB) routes. Your flight is a charter so you'll have IFE.

Darren

Monarch try wherever possible to make sure that whenever your flight is over approx. 3 hours (i.e. if you are flying to the Canaries, Cyprus, Turkey, Greece, Egypt etc.) that the aircraft you are flying on is equipped with a fully operational in-flight entertainment system. There will be occasions however when this is not possible due to operational requirements. For example, if the plane you were supposed to be flying on has had to provide cover for another aircraft that has gone tech (i.e. broken down) and another aircraft has been brought in to fly you to your destination.

A video system is installed on all of Monarch's A321 aircraft except G-OZBR. Meanwhile G-OZBN, G-OZBP and G-OZBS show a safety video only as these aircraft do not have seat audio. From 18 June '09 BT and BU will have full IFE working on both aircraft.

All Monarch's A320 have a video system but G-MRJK and G-OZBK show a saftey video only as these aircraft have no seat audio.

All Monarch's B757, A300, A330 and B767 have fully functioning IFE systems with seat audio.

The A330 premium cabin is fitted with personal seat-back TV's.
People travelling in the premium cabin on the B767 and A300 are provided with personal digi-player TV's.

Hi Darren,

Please could you let me know what type of aircraft will be operating our Cyprus flights in June:

14/06/09: MON1734 LGW-PFO 1510/212021/06/09: MON1735 PFO-LGW 2135/0110

Also, any ideas what flight the aircraft does before ours so I can keep an eye on potential delays?

Thanks in advance

TMW9725,

Welome onboard
LGW-PFO-LGW (MON1734/5) are currently operated by Airbus A330-200. Refer to our What Aircraft? thread for more details. The aircraft positions down from Newcastle in the early hours (~5am) after operating the MON365/4 from Orlando Sanford.

Darren

This is just for information really:
We were on MON1548 from Gatwick to Skiathos departing 8/5/09 at 12:25, the flight was on time.
Over the Alps, the pilot turned back as the plane had developed a technical fault and was unable to land at Skiathos because of the nature of the airport at Skiathos (short runway).
When we landed, we were told that the windscreen has shattered.
It had, we could see the crazing as we left the aircraft.

The stewardess 'welcomed' us to Gatwick Airport (OK, it may be part of the standard spiel but not received very warmly under the circumstances ) and said that they had no information about what was to happen next.
By the time we were on stand, a represenative from Monarch came on board and said that there was no alternative plane to take us straight away on to Skiathos and windscreen repairs take many hours (to bond?) and as flights don't go into Skiathos at night, they would be putting us up at the Gatwick Hilton (connected to South Terminal) and flying us out at 06:20 on 9/5/09.

The low point was that it took 2 HOURS to offload our luggage - maybe this was due to the electronic handling systems as the luggage was labelled JSI (skiathos code) rather than LGW.

Of course there was a massive queue to check in at the Hilton but full marks to the staff who had 4 people on special check-in just taking passport numbers and handing out keys.
NIL points to the oick who, having been checked in, started asking Hilton staff about whether drinks were included with the meal that the Hilton were providing at Monarch's expense as he 'was going to complain to Monarch and demand compensation. He should have asked THAT question of the Monarch staff who were around whilst we were waiting for our luggage.
This 'considerate' person took 3 out of the 4 staff away from the check-in process, until I pointed out that he was holding up a massive queue and was being a tad selfish.

The rooms were OK and as the meal was between 19:30 & 21:30 we opted to go back into the airport to the Wetherspoons landside before eating (good choice as it turned out, the drinks at the Hilton were apparently VERY expensive).
When we got back to the Hilton at around 9pm, a lot of the food had gone but we were satisified with what choice we had.
They opened check-in at 04:30 to do a quick re-issue of boarding cards and also provide a letter from Monarch, explaining the reason for the delay (technical) and the revised departure time/date - presumably suficient information for insurance claims.

We departed on time - finally - 18 hours late.

Although it was a bit of a 'bummer' to lose almost a day of our holiday, we did feel that Monarch dealt with the situation pretty effectively, and ther Hilton moved pretty quickly too.

Darren,

Gosh, thanks for that. Wasn't expecting such a large plane for Paphos in June! Have been on an A330-200 with Mytravel before, very nice plane. Any reasons why we've got the privilege for a short haul (ish!) flight?

TMW9725

TMW9725,

Paphos is a high density route and full of ex-pats and holidaymakers (bit like home from home isn't it really!!) so they use a larger aircraft in between long haul sectors. Bear in mind your're on the sunday flight when those with private accomodation will be coming back after a long weekend.

Darren

Darren,

Thanks for that. Something to look forward to!

TMW9725

My family and I are flying from Gatwicl to Corfu on MON7824 on Monday 25 May. Any idea of what type of plane will be used on this route?

Also, what is the chance of the four of us sitting together if we do not get to the head of the check-in queue.

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards.

iskaboo wrote:

My family and I are flying from Gatwicl to Corfu on MON7824 on Monday 25 May. Any idea of what type of plane will be used on this route?

A B752 is used on this route at present.

I shouldn't imagine there would be much of a problem with you getting seats together as long as you're not amongst the last to check in (and masses of people haven't paid for pre-bookable seats, which I can't really imagine happening on a CFU). Of course, since the configuration of the aircraft is 3-3, then your party may be split up across an aisle... unless you specifically want 2 seats in front and 2 behind which I would suggest you request at check-in if you do.