Scheduled airline based at Donington Hall in Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom, close to East Midlands Airport, and a fully owned subsidiary of Lufthansa. The airline flies to destinations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia from its operational base at London Heathrow Airport.
Based at London Luton Airport Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) is a sister company to Monarch Airlines providing base maintenance (including ‘A’ checks up to heavy ‘C’ and ‘D’ checks), line maintenance, engineering and technical support, component and full material (spares) support, aircraft engine services and technical training. Line maintenance is carried out within the UK and overseas with permanent line stations established at London Gatwick, London Luton, Birmingham International, Manchester International, Malaga, Alicante, Tenerife, Lanzarote, Kiev, Goa and the Maldives, where line maintenance technical handling is carried out on Boeing 737CG, B737NG, B757, B767, B777, Airbus A300-600, A300B4, A310, A320 family and A330 aircraft.
Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited (operating as Virgin Atlantic) is a British airline owned by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group (51%) and Singapore Airlines (49%). It is headquartered in Crawley, West Sussex, England, near London Gatwick Airport.
It operates between the United Kingdom and North America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia from main bases at Gatwick and London Heathrow Airport, using a mixed fleet of Airbus and Boeing wide-body aircraft.