Monarch Airlines seat reviews

A wide bodied Monarch operated aircraft for very thin passengers. I am average weight, 80 kilos, male,five feet eleven inches tall, and this must be the most uncomfortable seat I have ever had in fifty years of flying. One moderately obese passenger found it impossible to sit in one seat. The plane was fully booked. I don't know where he finished up. Never again will I fly Monarch without knowing the aircraft to be used.

Seat had good legroom. However the width of the seat is very minimal. This restricts movement and impacts greatly on any level of comfort. I am 5'10" tall but an averaged sized, slim person would probably find this seat OK.
I have also sat in seat 2a - now there's a challenge for anyone over a size 14 and tall! This seat is very narrow as the tables are fitted into permanent arm rests, reducing seat width further. Eating meal in this seat was done only in cooperation with person in next seat! Table is right up to the body and no room for arm movement!
Please Monarch, have a serious look at the space you are providing!

Like several others have commented the seat width was small but the leg room was OK. The aisles are narrow so you are constantly having to tuck your arms in. Thankfully this plan had a technical fault for the return trip.

This was the most unbelievably clapped out, cramped and antiquated old tub I had travelled on in years and I could not believe an aircraft this old and behind the times had not been pensioned off to a third world airline by now. Monarch's extremely foolish decision to carry on flying these charter configuration aircraft on what they laughingly call scheduled flights has totally destroyed my previously good image of the airline when flying on more modern Airbus A321s on the same route.

I am 6ft 3in or 1.90m tall and even on a flight of only 1 hour 40 minutes in length I had to get out of my seat and walk around the gangways for 10 minutes to recover from the cramp I suffered in their steerage class seating. I had not travelled in charter class seating (now incredibly being sold to scheduled customers) this mean and uncomfortable since I had travelled on Britannia 767-200 configured with either 9 or 10 seats across many years earlier.

The aircraft had no screens or flight entertainment and the aircraft was so well used that all the lighting units down the side of the plane had visibly extremely yellowed covers.

Monarch needs to make up its mind whether it wants to be a high class scheduled carrier or a cheap and crappy carrier with worse cabin conditions than even Easyjet or Ryanair.

this was the most uncomfortable seating i have had on any previous flights the seat was so narrow it was like being in a striaght jacket you couldnt move . horrible

Paid the extra to travel premium. What a let down! First advised 4 weeks before travel that plane would be downsized and have to stop at Kuwait to refuel. This plane is 22 years old and it shows in its cramped, antequated surroundings with no in seat entertainment. It was due to be replaced by 787 dreamliners but the order was cancelled Sep 2011. Presumably becuase they're making losses. Monarchs Chairman stated Nov 2011 that the company strategy will now be on short / medium haul flights. So expect Monarch to change into a "pack em in" pay for everything airline! Which it certainly felt like on our flight. Despite complaining to Monarch about our flight change, they merely stated that it was done for operational reasons which is allowed in their T&C's!...with no compensation.
ps to address other reviewers comments about this plane, it would appear that the normal seat pattern is 3,3,3 but to be able to provide a premium service when they want to, they change the seat plan up front to 2,4,2 x 6 rows. It was my worst premium economy experience of 20 years flying longhaul...never again!!!

I don't seem to be alone in my disgust at the Monarch airways service delivery. Our departure was delayed for some hours due to mechanical failure (I hear - no-one had the coutrtesy to explain). Once they had cramed 352 people into the tiny seats, they brought aboard a deortee with six officials - which was a most unpleasant and disconcerting matter for all - not least the pilot (sounding very ruffled) and the cabin staff. When they finally removed him, to avoid a brooding riot by some of the passangers - we started our six hour flight at about the time we were supposed to have arrived. The cabin staff wheeled the trollys back and forth with no concern for arms or legs - and my right shoulder was quite bruised by their actions by the end of our jounrney - the food was inedible but there was little chance of eating or drinking when hlding your right arm across your chest to avoid being hit by a trolly. I am writing to our Gambia Experience to tell them that I would galdly holiday with them agin - but would not again travel with Monarch.
This was a holiday of a lifetime and exceeding esxpensive - Monarch and its staff and customer services ruined it for us.

The flight number was MON1934 it was a a300-600 i hated every second the seats where so small that my 11 year old son could hardly fit on them and there was hardly no leg room. my 11 year old sun needs to keep his leg straight. he had to push his foot into the chair infront of him.

Most uncomfortable aircraft I have ever flown in due almost entirely to the seat width or should I say lack of it Will think twice before booking on this aircraft again

Seat width is narrower than any aircraft I have travelled on with the exception of the outward journey on MON4278 A300. If You are booked on one of these in economy, unless you are clinically anorexic you will find it an experience you cannot wait to forget.