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Holidaymakers who fly from Gatwick will be celebrating the recent news from Monarch Airlines regarding extra flights from the Sussex airport.

On July 18, a brand new route to Palma in Majorca started up, and soon services to Sharm el Sheikh are due to be increased as a result of customer demand. Monarch did not previously offer flights from Gatwick to Palma although 20 flights a week to Majorca were on offer from the airline from Birmingham, Manchester and Luton. The new Gatwick service will operate three times a week.

Thursday flights to Sharm el Sheikh, one of Egypt’s most popular Red Sea destinations, start on Sept 9 and will run for seven weeks, in addition to the five Gatwick flights a week which are already available from Monarch to the resort.

It is also good news for passengers flying out of Manchester. An extra service to Gibraltar is being offered every Sunday from Sept 12 to Oct 31 to supplement the 10 flights which already operate to the destination from Manchester and Luton.

A new terminal at Gibraltar airport is to open soon, which is more good news for passengers: the airport is used not only by visitors to the British overseas territory but also by travellers to southern Spain.

Bookings for all three destinations can be made online and prices start at just £42 for a one-way ticket (inclusive of all taxes) or £68 return.

Monarch operates both charter and scheduled flights to 50 destinations and carries over 6.5 million passengers each year.