Monarch and Thomsonfly in Birmingham flights battle

A new low cost airlines war is breaking out in Birmingham with Monarch and Thomsonfly both expanding there number of flights and routes.

Monarch has just announced that it is to launch three new routes to Spain from Birmingham. From May they will be flying to Murcia Airport, Menorca Airport and Palma de Mallorca Airport. They will also be offering an extra five flights per week to Malaga Airport along with it's existing flights to Alicante and Tenerife.

Thomsonfly announced last week that it would also be offering five flighst per week from Birmingham to Palma.

Bmibaby, Flybe and Mytravellite also fly to Spain from Birmingham.