Monarch Airlines (London-Luton) will start operating from East Midlands Airport from August 31, 2012, with the introduction of new routes. The airline is also expanding its scheduled services for Winter 2012/13 and Summer 2013, with the addition of further new flights to Tenerife (twice-weekly), Lanzarote (twice-weekly) and Ibiza.

Monarch will fly from East Midlands Airport to Alicante (twice-weekly), Malaga (three times weekly) and Faro (twice-weekly).

Copyright Photo: Javier Rodriguez. The first Boeing 757 to be painted in the updated 2011 livery is G-DAJB pictured arriving at Palma.

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