Jeans joins Monarch
Tim Jeans has left MyTravel Airlines to join UK leisure carrier Monarch Airlines, where he will head the scheduled part of the business.
Jeans had headed the MyTravel Airlines operation as chief operating officer, having originally arrived at the group to establish the MyTravelLite low-cost arm. His departure from MyTravel comes at a time when the UK travel giant is struggling for its survival.
Jeans himself had led a major programme of cuts in the charter fleet and the group has been unable to expand the operations of MyTravelLite. The parent recently halved the number of aircraft devoted to its low-cost carrier to three.
Jeans has a high profile in the UK low-cost sector, stemming from his time as commercial director at Ryanair, from where he joined MyTravel in summer 2002. He will now be responsible for Monarch Scheduled, the former Monarch Crown Service, which was relaunched in 2002 in response to the growth of the budget sector.
Monarch chief executive, Peter Brown, says: "Jeans' experience in managing aggressive growth in new markets will benefit Monarch at this stage in our development."
COLIN BAKER LONDON
Source: Airline Business
