Oct 02 - Monarch Airlines Collapse – Chartered Planes To Replace Flights
- UK’s fifth biggest airline collapses
- Monarch flights from Gibraltar to be provided by chartered planes from Gibraltar International Airport and Malaga
- Arrangements made to accommodate sponsored patients’ travel plans
Following this morning's news that Monarch Airlines has collapsed, the Government of Gibraltar says it is “actively engaging” with the UK Government in order to identify ways in which it can assist.
The UK’s double-lock guarantee on the sovereignty of Gibraltar “remains absolutely fixed and immovable as the Pillars of Hercules themselves” according to the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.
The Chief Minister has said that the Conservative government will never surrender to Spanish pressure.
The GSD says it has noted with dismay images of Guardia Civil officers suppressing with violence those seeking to participate in the Catalonia Referendum.
