What is Monarch Airlines?
[[Image:Airbus A320-200 Monarch Airlines GLA.jpg|thumb|right|A Monarch Airlines Airbus A320 aircraft]] '''Monarch Airlines''' was a [[budget airline]] which is based in the [[United Kingdom]]. It was created on 5 June 1967. Its first [[flight]] was on 5 April 1968 from [[London Luton Airport|Luton]] in [[England]] to [[Barajas Airport|Madrid]] in [[Spain]]. Monarch flew to many different places around the world, and usually to holiday resorts. The airline stopped flying on 2 October 2017. == Aeroplanes == Monarch's fleet consisted of 35 [[aircraft]]: 9 [[Airbus A320]] aircraft, 25 [[Airbus A320|Airbus A321]] aircraft and 1 [[Boeing]] [[Boeing 737-800|737-800]] aircraft. Monarch had ordered 45 [[Boeing 737 MAX]] aircraft which were due to be delivered in 2018. == Accidents == {{Commons}} Monarch Airlines has had 2 [[accidents]]. Nobody was killed. On 22 May 2002, one of Monarch's [[Boeing 757]]s suffered broken landing gear at [[Gibraltar Airport]] because the [[pilot]] pushed the front wheels down too hard on landing. On 17 March 2006, the flightdeck crew of a Boeing 757-200 lost visual contact with the runway while attempting to land at Gibraltar Airport. During the subsequent go-around, the crew nearly crashed into the Rock of Gibraltar. The aircraft diverted to Malaga to prevent a similar problem. {{Transport-stub}} [[Category:1967 establishments in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Airlines of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Bedfordshire]] [[Category:2010s disestablishments in the United Kingdom]]