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Monarch reveals it is 'reviewing its current business model' in latest accounts

Air
Jennifer Morris
11 August 2017

Monarch Airlines is “reviewing its current business model” to deduce what the “optimum size and shape of the airline should be going forward”.

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The airline’s latest full-year accounts (signed off by chief executive Andrew Swaffield on August 1) reveal a £102 million writedown on the value of its Airbus aircraft, plus a further £198 million provision for “onerous aircraft leasing contracts”.

Monarch’s financial difficulties last year led to delays in the Civil Aviation Authority re-granting its Atol.

For the year ended October 31 2016 the group reported a profit before tax, exceptional items and fair value movements of £12.9 million.

The loss before tax, after exceptional items and fair value movements was £291.1 million, compared to a profit of £26.9 million in 2015.