Monarch Airline, collapse?
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Topic: Monarch Airline, collapse?
Posted By: Andrew
Subject: Monarch Airline, collapse?
Date Posted: 30/September/2017 at 13:59
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This doesn't bode well... second time in a year as well. Fingers crossed it gets sorted. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/monarch-airline-may-be-close-to-collapse-6csjng90z# ------------- Andrew |
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Posted By: Andrew
Date Posted: 30/September/2017 at 20:08
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They've been given a 24 hour stay of execution, this is not looking good! ☹️ ------------- Andrew |
Posted By: Algarveaddick
Date Posted: 01/October/2017 at 07:40
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Pants. Might mean the demise of a certain quiz - and us losing €... Not to mention your poor nephew losing his job. 
------------- Go away Duchatalet |
Posted By: cubsur
Date Posted: 01/October/2017 at 10:20
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It's a harsh world out there. Too many airlines, fighting for too few passengers willing to pay more than peanuts for flights, in a highly seasonal business on many routes. ------------- Albufeira Resident www.algarvebus.info public transport information for the Algarve |
Posted By: cheekygirl
Date Posted: 01/October/2017 at 11:38
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Let me get home first.... there again on second thoughts good excuse for staying :) ------------- Loving it in the sun |
Posted By: Andrew
Date Posted: 01/October/2017 at 11:51
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Too true AA, plus we'll be stranded out here! ------------- Andrew |
Posted By: Wireman
Date Posted: 01/October/2017 at 11:57
Isn't the issue around their ATOL licence for package holidays? Therefore in theory flight only customers potentially should be OK. Well at least I'm hoping so as we are using them in 2 weeks time, or maybe not! ------------- Regular Visitor |
Posted By: Algarveaddick
Date Posted: 01/October/2017 at 12:25
Knock on effect apparently Les. If the holiday side goes belly up, no one is going to have the confidence to book flights, commit to contracts with them etc, so the demise of the company becomes inevitable... ------------- Go away Duchatalet |
Wireman wrote:Posted By: Andrew
Date Posted: 01/October/2017 at 14:29
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Yes, it is confusing, there are two trains of reports. One is as Les queries, the BBC website actually states that flight only bookings won't be affected whatever happens, other agencies say if they don't get a renewal, or extra time to do so, the lot will cease to function and 100,000 passengers currently abroad will be stranded. There are two deadlines reported, a CAA decision by no later then 4.00pm today, and a 24 hour extension which gives them until midnight tonight. The only thing we can do at the moment is wait and see. ------------- Andrew |
Posted By: Wireman
Date Posted: 01/October/2017 at 15:48
Ok, we may or may not be over in a couple of weeks. Watch this space .
------------- Regular Visitor |
Posted By: DICEYUK
Date Posted: 02/October/2017 at 05:13
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Gone Monarch Airlines has ceased trading and all of its future bookings have been cancelled, the Civil Aviation Authority has said. ------------- I hate how peopleï compare Frank Zappa to God. I mean, he's cool and great and nice and everything, but he's no Zappa. |
Posted By: Big Col
Date Posted: 02/October/2017 at 07:43
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Sad news indeed. The 5th biggest British airline goes into administration and the CAA launch the biggest peacetime repatriation exercise. "Customers abroad: Everyone due to fly in the next fortnight will be brought back to the UK at no cost to them. There is no need to cut short a stay Customers currently overseas should check monarch.caa.co.uk for confirmation of their new flight details - which will be available a minimum of 48 hours in advance of their original departure time." All affected customers should keep checking monarch.caa.co.uk for more information ------------- Colin |
Posted By: Andrew
Date Posted: 02/October/2017 at 08:56
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Sad news. ------------- Andrew |
Posted By: Richardk
Date Posted: 02/October/2017 at 09:19
| Hope you get back ok Andrew (& any others) but as already said it will be difficult for the employees to pick up work quickly as the holiday business goes into winter shutdown. |
Posted By: simpson
Date Posted: 02/October/2017 at 16:13
| one of the better airlines such a shame |
Posted By: Andrew
Date Posted: 03/October/2017 at 11:48
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Deep joy, our Birmingham flight is now going to take us to Gatwick! Then two hours before courtesy bus departs and then four hours to Birmingham, I don't think so. "Taxi!" That said, credit to the CAA for how they're sorting this, there was always going to be inconvenience but given the enormity of the exercise we shouldn't complain. ------------- Andrew |
Posted By: DICEYUK
Date Posted: 03/October/2017 at 12:03
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Train? Gatwick Airport to Birmingham New Street 2hrs 38 minutes £128.60 for 2 people (£64.30 each) http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/" rel="nofollow - http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ ------------- I hate how peopleï compare Frank Zappa to God. I mean, he's cool and great and nice and everything, but he's no Zappa. |
Posted By: Andrew
Date Posted: 03/October/2017 at 13:38
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There's four of us and we had taxi booked from B'ham, so we only have to pay difference, £130, split four ways, and delivered to our door... no brainer. ------------- Andrew |
Posted By: Andrew
Date Posted: 04/October/2017 at 20:48
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I'm seeing press reports of how well the replacement repatriation flight exercise is going but.... ours, today, was the absolute pits. Treated like cattle just about covers it. Told to be there at least three hours prior to flight at 10.00am, so we get there at 6.30am. They didn't open check in until 9.30!!! Three hour wait and clearly no way we were going at ten. They then changed the departure to 11.05, we went at 12.30, six hours after we got to the airport complying with instructions... there's more but life is too short and you get the drift. Absolute dire organisation, we were treated with total disdain, it'll be interesting to see if the Press continue to only find complimentary stories. ------------- Andrew |