2011 News - Flights - Monarch passenger numbers soar in December 2010

05 01 2011

Despite the disruption due to adverse weather conditions in the UK, leading leisure airline Monarch saw passenger numbers soar yet again during the month of December.

Almost 200,000 holiday makers escaped the snow and freezing conditions in the UK in favour of sunshine hotspots across Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar and Cyprus – a 12.8% increase on the same month the previous year. The airline also recorded its highest ever December load factor of 80.07%.

Monarch’s passenger statistics for scheduled services during December 2010:

Load factor (1):
December 2010: 80.07%
December 2009: 74.50%
Percentage change: +5.57%

Passenger numbers (2):
December 2010: 196,886
December 2009: 174,424
Percentage change: +12.88%

In total for 2010 Monarch carried 5.8 million* passengers across its charter and scheduled routes. The continued robust passenger numbers and strong average load factors during 2010 were aided by the launch of four new summer scheduled services to Turkey, which included Birmingham and Luton to Dalaman, Luton to Bodrum and Manchester to Antalya, and the launch of new winter services from Gatwick and Manchester to the Balearic Island of Majorca.

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1. Represents the number of passengers as a proportion of the number of seats available for passengers.

2. Represents the number of earned seats flown by Monarch. Earned seats include seats that are flown whether or not the passenger turns up because once a flight has departed a no-show customer is not entitled to change flights or seek a refund.