Monarch announced new routes to Lisbon Airport

Monarch Airlines logoMonarch, the British aviation company that integrates an independent group and positions itself as a leisure airline, announced new routes to the Terminal 1, do Aeroporto de Lisboa.

These new routes are beginning today, dia 29 de abril, from Gatwick Airport, em Londres, Manchester and next day 17 June from the Birmingham Airport with destination to the Lisbon Airport.

The new routes will take place with a frequency of 4 times a week and with rates from 62 € (£ 49), num total de 10 weekly return flights on the same day.

Frequencies and times of new routes:

Gatwick-Lisbon-Gatwick happens on Tuesdays and Fridays and on Sundays – 61,58€ (£ 49) (IDA) and € 113.10 (£ 90) (return); Manchester-Lisbon-Manchester has flights on Thursdays and Fridays and Sundays – 86,71€ (£ 69) (IDA) and 136.98 € (£ 109) (return); e o Birmingham-Lisbon-Birmingham operates on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays and also on Sundays, only in the summer period – 56,55€ (£ 45) (IDA) and 106.82 € (£ 85) (return).

Em 2014, the United Kingdom was the main booster of tourism market in Portugal, data measured by the indicator of overnight stays (share of 23,7%) and guests (share of 16,9%), having been the second market when measured by tourist revenue indicator (16,8%).

Andrew SwaffieldAndrew Swaffield, CEO of Monarch, mentioned during the presentation of the new routes to the Terminal 1 the airport of Lisbon We are very pleased with the inclusion of Lisbon on our network, our third target Portuguese, operating from three of our five bases in the United Kingdom.

The market was responsible for 7,6 milhões de dormidas, 1,6 milhões de hóspedes e 1.748 milhões de euros de receitas turísticas, indicator that registered a growth of two digits (16,0%).

Data indicate that the Algarve is the main destination of British holidaymakers who visit Portugal (68,9%), followed by the wood (19%) e Lisboa (8%).

Euromonitor data refer still to come 2015 e 2019, British tourist demand in Portugal shall register an average annual growth of 2,7 % in terms of travel.

The Monarch flies still bound for Faro airport flights Gatwick airports, Luton, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds Bradford and to the airport of Funchal from the airports of Birmingham, Gatwick and Manchester.