Monarch Airlines has confirmed it will cut 700 positions as the battle to save the company continues. Staff have agreed to the redundancies, along with pay cuts of around 30 per cent, as the Luton-based carrier struggles to stay afloat. Earlier the Mantegazza family, which has owned Monarch since the 1960s, agreed to sell the…
United Airlines has launched four new Pacific routes, beginning with non-stop service betweens Los Angeles and Melbourne, Australia, and between San Francisco and Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. The airline will also launch two new routes from its Guam hub, to Seoul, South Korea and Shanghai.
Aer Lingus Regional’s new service to Dublin Airport, operated by Stobart Air, has commenced from Leeds Bradford. The airline will operate two daily return flights between Leeds Bradford and Dublin and expects to carry 70,000 passengers on the route in 2015. The Leeds Dublin route will be serviced by the airline’s newest aircraft which were…
