Just a heads up for anyone contemplating flying with a gun with Monarch.
Monarch will happily carry 'sporting firearms' with the usual additional fee for 'sporting equipment'. However during the on-line booking stage you book you gun as 'sporting equipment' only and the website advice merely says arrive at the airport early with the appropriate documentation (licence, euro permit, etc) and staff will check docs and fill in the necessary paperwork.
What the website does not say is you must call Monarch before you fly to advise them that the 'sports equipment' is actually a 'sporting firearm' so they can add this to your booking information so the airport knows beforehand that you are coming with a gun! Crucial bit of information that.
Should of added that I know of someone that turned up at the airport without letting the airline know and it was a devils game to get his gun on the plane and the pilot had to give specific permission to put the gun on board.
He could have refused!
DT
Monarch will happily carry 'sporting firearms' with the usual additional fee for 'sporting equipment'. However during the on-line booking stage you book you gun as 'sporting equipment' only and the website advice merely says arrive at the airport early with the appropriate documentation (licence, euro permit, etc) and staff will check docs and fill in the necessary paperwork.
What the website does not say is you must call Monarch before you fly to advise them that the 'sports equipment' is actually a 'sporting firearm' so they can add this to your booking information so the airport knows beforehand that you are coming with a gun! Crucial bit of information that.
Should of added that I know of someone that turned up at the airport without letting the airline know and it was a devils game to get his gun on the plane and the pilot had to give specific permission to put the gun on board.
He could have refused!
DT
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