RE: Monarch Airlines to Cuba (Holguin)
>I work in the planning and sales department at Monarch
>Airlines. It is 100% definately planned on an Airbus
>330-200.
Hi,
Many thanks for the info … VERY interesting.
What I can’t understand is WHY the flights stop at the beginning of August, right in the middle of holiday season ? Weird…
>It is a short series of flights and I believe it is a LGW
>based A330. The aircraft will position to Glasgow to fly
>direct to Holguin.
>(LGW/P-GLA-HOG-GLA/P-LGW).
So the flight from Gatwick won’t be via Glasgow, but will instead be direct ?
>Varadero airport is now closed to International traffic, so
>no more charters will fly there, but the Cubans have opened
>up Cayo Coco (CCC) as an alternative to Varadero (VRA).
This is the strangest (& most informative bit) of your post. I booked a holiday to Cuba last night, with First Choice flying Monarch LGW->HOG. (Glasgow would have been ideal, but I’m not flying until 27 Aug). The errata screen warns that there is a stop in Varadero for embark/dismebark, then onto Holguin (& then back to Gatwick). So that’s NOT what’s happening, then, if Varadero is shut ?
And if you’re going on holiday to Varadero, which is the complete opposite end of Cuba from Cayo Coco, you’re surely facing a nightmare. I understand that that journey by road is not easily undertaken, thus raising the possibility of an internal transfer flight on one of the infamous Cuban/Russian Antonov’s … ye gods!
Oh, how happy am I that we are staying at a resort in the Holguin area (Guardalavaca) 🙂
Since you work for Monarch, I have no doubt that your information is correct, but I researched our holiday pretty thoroughly before booking, and this is the first time that I’ve heard of Varedero being closed to charters.
Thanks a lot for posting , it’s really appreciated. I’m going to try & find out a bit more about this , will post if I find anything.
Gary
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