no_loyalty
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Monarch Airlines have gone bust, I have used them quite a few times and they seemed pretty decent.
They obviously can't compete with low cost airlines
They obviously can't compete with low cost airlines
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no_loyalty
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I hope you get sorted
Captain Dart
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Simon Calder on Radio 5 saying being already on hol there is the best place to be, because you are guaranteed a flight home with another carrier but you may need to fly to another airport in UK at a different time on the same day, so it may be a pig to get home once you touch down.
Terry Gibson's perm
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The only good thing is Ryanair short on pilots a load are now available, good luck to anybody who is stranded
Captain Dart
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Ryan Air will be breathing sigh of relief on this,. takes the heat off them for a while.
NorthernWisdom
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I wondered that this morning. They said on the news they nearly went last year, and there had been whispers for the past two or three.
Guess tbf it's not in their interests to publicise it, but I certainly wasn't in the know on those whispers!
Covstu
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definitely flew under the radar......
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Nick
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I heard they have been winging it for years.
Kingokings204
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Less of that altitude Nick.
Sky_Blue_Daz
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My sister in law was cabin crew with Monarch for 21 years she was in 2 of the adverts on telly last year she went to an administration meeting today and was told to head straight to the job centre.
I know it's hard on the people stranded but I do spare a few thoughts for the staff too
I know it's hard on the people stranded but I do spare a few thoughts for the staff too
skybluegod
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They kinda got stuffed with the drop in the pound and the increase in terrorist attacks in recent years.
Two of Monarch’s biggest markets, Egypt and Tunisia, were closed to tourists after terrorist attacks. The Foreign Office advised against travel to Tunisia and Egypt’s Red Sea resorts after the shooting Sousse and bombing of Russian Airliner
Also the unrest since the uprising in Turkey also badly affected Monarch’s holiday business.As well as the tough competition for short haul flights to Spain and Portugal, for example, meant that prices were constantly slashed just fill seats.
Then fall of the pound left Monarch paying £50m a year more for fuel and aircraft, purchased in dollars.
skybluegod
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Was that on the Saturday Nick? Because that is when they first suggested to the CAA that they would be going into administration.
no_loyalty
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Was it for flights only? if so, sly bastards
sw88
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After listening to a radio interview with a RyanAir pilot who was whistle blowing I doubt there’s a queue of people wanting to work for them!
Was about 7 mins long sharing how they have to PAY RyanAir €300 for an interview and once offered the job, they have to PAY RyanAir €28,500 (think was the figure) before they’re actually taken on! They are on zero hour contracts, have to pay even for their own bottled water (due to some working / flying hours some even resort to taking an empty bottle and filling it up before departure!), don’t get paid extra for delays etc and the extra hours they have to work to make up for them. Was an interesting listen, and makes you think what a shame it is that companies who maybe treat their staff better don’t survive, like Monarch (although haven’t heard either positive or negative things about their ownership / management so I could be totally wrong) when companies like RyanAir continue to clearly abuse not only their customers but also their staff!
I for one will certainly think twice about booking with them in the future!
As for Monarch and this news, it’s not only awful for people who’ve travelled and not yet returned with them, but also the ones who have holidays booked in the future (more so the ones who only found out the news at the airport!!) and add to that the staff who’ve been left unemployed!!
SkyblueBazza
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The price of cheap!
Selfish attitudes of: bottom-line is all that matters leads to exactly this imo
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Nick
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Ah late friday now I have checked the dates.
jimmyhillsfanclub
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I fucknig hate cunty Ryanair with an absolute passion.......I would rather walk to Europe than ever step foot on one of they litter strewn puke-stinky cattle trucks again.....can't believe another companies failure may get them off the hook again.......cunts.
skyblueinBaku
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Don't sit on the fence, JHFC. Do you like Ryanair or not?
skybluegod
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Slightly better then. Would have thought it would be unbelievably wrong to be advertising to new customers when they were about to go into admin.
Astute
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You get what you pay for.
Monarch have been in trouble for years. Flights are only covered on a credit card if £100 or more each. We could have saved a couple of hundred booking the hotel and flights separately. But then we wouldn't be ABTA insured. And we needed to be here for a wedding.
Monarch have been in trouble for years. Flights are only covered on a credit card if £100 or more each. We could have saved a couple of hundred booking the hotel and flights separately. But then we wouldn't be ABTA insured. And we needed to be here for a wedding.
