Monarch Airlines Reviews

Just returned from a week in Menorca with my elder (adult) daughter, flying with Monarch to Mahon and back to Manchester. Okay, so the legroom isn't brilliant, but everything else was faultless: online information re handluggage restrictions, as well as very helpful (real) staff on the phone (without long automated waits) who can help and are ...  Read the complete review

Flew Manchester-Cuba with Monarch. Never again! The flight out on an Airbus A330 was ok even though it was delayed for 23 hours due to a hurricane over Cuba. The food was good, we paid £60 each to upgrade to Premium Cabin, which was worth it for the extra legroom/bigger seats and unlimited drinks. Flight back was horrendous. 2 ...  Read the complete review

June 2006 - Flight from Paphos (Cyprus) 4h 30m flight duration, late because of flat batteries prior to leaving Manchester Only Advantages:- Food and Entertainment. Attempting to be fair minded I would also commend Monarch for providing an albeit it small voucher for one drink and sandwich/slice of pizza at check ...  Read the complete review

came back on a monarch flight from goa 10hours none stop the seats was very craped and not much leg room am 6ft 4 and they used a 30in leg room seat all the way to goa monarch need to look at first choice as they have a 33ins seat and that all the seats longhaul ill not use monarch agen becarefull if you use them the flight left goa on time and ...  Read the complete review

Monarch airlines are one of the most crap airlines in the country, i boarded the plane as normal soon and i handed my ticket to the cabin crew at the door she just snatched the ticket off me and said "straight down on the left row 4" so i replied thanks, i eventually moved on to my seat and sat down,then i realised that the ...  Read the complete review

I flew from Manchester to Tenerife on 19th August 2005. The plane was supposed to leave at 7am and finally left at 1 am the next day due to a fuel leak. We were lied to all day in the airport and after many discussions the airline had to charter 2 new planes to take all the passengers. We had an 18 hour delay. On our return journey we were ...  Read the complete review

When you are about to start a two hour flight there are a couple of things you do not want to hear. One would be the captain forgetting to turn the intercom off and then discussing the 12 pints of lager he consumed for lunch, you also would not want to hear the air steward uttering the words “You are sitting next to this gentleman Ms Wax ...  Read the complete review

Lovely flight from gatwick to malaga. Started off boading the plane. A bit of confusion with th seats but that was check in. Took off at the precise time. Seat was a bit cramped but for two hours it didnt really matter. The entertainment was superb. No t.v in the seats but what do you expect from a short haul flight. A nice monitor a ...  Read the complete review

Flew from Cardiff in June with Monarch to Sanford Fla. The flight was delayed four hours which was a pain. Eventually we got on our way and the legroom was great, it was an Airbus 333, if you are unlucky and get a 757 then there's not so much room. The flight attendants were just superb, nothing was too much trouble for them, they were very ...  Read the complete review

In June this year my wife and I flew with Monarch from Manchester to the Maldives. The holiday was fantastic apart from the flight which was at best a very mediocra sales orientated service. Many of the holiday makers we spoke to said that they too were disappointed with the Monarch service and some went so far as to say they would not fly ...  Read the complete review

On 21st January my husband and I were travelling to the Barbados to join a cruise around the Caribbean. The airline to be used was Monarch. As I am terrified of flying and I have never been on a plane for longer that 4 hours I was dreading the experience. I wanted to find out what the airline was like so I stopped by this sight to read the ...  Read the complete review

We travelled to Tenerife with Monarch Scheduled in July for a four week break and we flew from Manchester.We had a slight problem at check in because of wrong advice from head office which has now been resolved. The staff at airport were excellent,air staff were also excellent and very friendly.Meals were first class -for an airline. Most ...  Read the complete review

In February I went to spend 5 days in one of my favourite cities-Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It cost 65.00 return which I thought was an absolute bargain. My first worry was that I had to fly with crappy Easyjet, not the greatest and pleasant company to fly with even if they are cheap as chips, the trolly dollies seem to all have gotten ...  Read the complete review

I am writing this op as I have used Monarch several times on flights to and from Hurghada, Egypt and Kenya. For most of the diving package holidays Monarch were the carrier used although this has now changed to Air2000 as they are part of the same company as Hayes and Jarvis. However they still fly to Luxor and Sharm El Sheik, and still fly to ...  Read the complete review

Dear fellow flyers, I write this review with the intention of warning my fellow holidaymakers of a terrorist in the sky. The terrorist I speak of is not of the variety we have unfortunately become accustomed with. This terrorist does not wear a mask or carry a weapon, no no-- instead they wear the colours of the monarch Airtours & greet ...  Read the complete review

You will have to excuse my apparent motivation for writing my second ever review on Dooyoo because of another bad experience. For Christmas/New Years 02/03, my husband had arranged for us to go to the Caribbean. Albeit he did leave it a little late (booked at the beginning of December). My parents-in-law have a house in Grenada and ...  Read the complete review

OK, For Short Trips - Advantages: OK FOOD - Disadvantages: CRAMP PLANES

I recently travelled on Monarch airlines during the summer. Having never flown on the airline before I didn't know what to expect. The flight was a long one flying from Stansted to Rhodes in Greece, 5-6 hour I think. The main problem I had on the flight was the amount of legroom. I just fitted in and no more. I didn't want to walk ...  Read the complete review

It had been a couple of years since my family and I had last been to Spain, mainly because we didn?t want to take our daughter on a plane while she was at the fidgety age of 18 months. Now that she?s two and a half it was time to travel abroad once more. So Spain it was (Granada in particular) and seeing we live 20 minutes from Manchester ...  Read the complete review

Flew with my family to Faro last month. This was the first time any of my children had flown so I was a little apprehensive...no bother. The 2 youngest were given an activity pack and this kept them busy for most of the flight. The meal took up another portion of time. As usual with airlines these days the meal was a token gesture, OK for ...  Read the complete review