The Fake Airline That Fooled The World 

From the minute I heard of this, I thought it was some weirdo sitting at a computer in his bedroom at his mums house.

Surely there's going to be a Max Fosh or Josh Pieters video in a few months "I fooled the world by creating a fake airline" or something lol

If nothing else it shows the power of social media, of tugging on the heartstrings of those with recent memories of a much loved (and missed brand) and just how quickly things can grow to get out of control. We might never know the reasons behind it but the old adage of 'if it seems too good to be true...' was never writ so large. Thanks for the video guys

Another possible scenario is that they went to elaborate lengths (but without actually spending all their money), to gauge public reaction to see if it actually was a viable option before launching it for real.

A pity, Monarch was a fine airline which I used on a number of occasions, we need some more competition in the short haul industry to give the greedy airlines a run for their money.

I can see a new channel emerging. Airliners lounge investigates🕵🏻‍♂️ 👍🏻

Great memories of many flights, over many past years to Faro from Manchester. Monarch schedule flew early morning and returned midday, perfect and I never experienced any delays etc. Such a shame they ceased trading, but this is a great informative video, thank you AL.

Shows what lengths some scammers will go to. The massive interest maybe caught them off guard.

Great video! Really wanted this to work out, but didn't have much hope for it! Crazy to think anyone could just make up a rumour and it spreads like a wildfire 😭

Fantastic video as always, I was a big fan of Monarch and travelled with them a few times. I would truly like to see them return to the sky, just goes to show what is fake and what is real.

Zero chance this would happen sadly, Easy/Ryanair/Jet2/Tui especially at MAN have closed off the game.

I knew it wasn’t going to work out the moment I first heard the news! A British airline already tried twice (Flybe), but failed both times, so it was bound to be the same case with monarch, but the circumstances of monarch is quite shocking. In the end, I knew for a fact it wasn’t going to work which is why I wasn’t hyped at all

Honestly bizarre. Felt like a scam at the beginning, got hooked into the loop of social media and I was feeling hopeful!!! Definitely now returning to my original thought - Scam 😂

I cannot believe we were all fooled by this hoax!

I flew with them Luton to Gibraltar using Monarch Scheduled and I think that it was a Boeing 757.They were mainly a holiday airline and flew to southern Europe and North Africa although they did some long haul to the Maldives and West Indies if i recall correctly.

Its mad the lengths people go to for a laugh...

So I guess British Caledonian aren't returning either !!!

Thanks for this explainer - I came to it late and was very confused about what had gone on. So weird - massive investment for a pointless hoax if that’s all it is!

I was hoping that it would of came back

Always thought it was some sort of “fake news “ and still do. I’m happy to be proven wrong however. This video compounds my suspicions.

I didn’t even know about this when this happened

Such a shame and very strange.

I thought when I was watching this video that it was going to be Jason Unsworth starting another airline 😂

Very suprising as Monarch was transitioning from an all Airbus fleet to an all Boeing 737MAX fleet right when it ceased to exist.

It looked fake from the off, for a number of reasons. One look at the website highlighted various issues, from poor copywriting to blatant contradictions and the use of old imagery. Unfortunately it demonstrated how easy it is to con people.

I just had a look, the website/domain is for sale Not sure if this helps.

If it is fake which it looks like it is, I still can't work out the motivation unless it was to secure funding and run off with it. There's quite a few scams where I can't work out why it exists.

This unsuccessful launch will definitely have a big negative impact if they decide to relaunch again. It will be very hard to trust them again, or at all.

i wonder where a UK airline would fly? where is no more empire. so where are their destinations??

i have a question, but the livery of air belgium it's the same of surinam airways?

Keep going EASYJET

I think it’s a scam, Though I hope with the disappointment someone dose bring them back.

I did think it was a bit sketchy

How much did they get in loans and other finance before they disappeared?

Reminds me of Global

Monarch is scam

Welcome to the modern world! The antithesis of the great things the internet can provide (like Airliners Live!, live streams from across the globe, building wholesome global communities ) deceit, deception, misinformation and irrational hype. Let's keep it positive !pos

I mean monarch was a scam from the start

If only one thing we can learn from this, is that a political person was lying, now there's a surprise.

I think this is all weird.... but saying that, one name that just popped into my head.... it wasn't the famous @MAX FOSH pranking all of us as he has done several things over the years?

It would be great to see monarch airlines fly. But only legitimate relaunch rather than dark skullduggery.

They really pulled of a good prank, and me and my friends thought a GetJet A320 was gonna opperate for monarch, it was moved to the UK and would get a new reg

Was always dubious about a rebirth of Monarch. The tell was the, frankly, amateur artist image of new colour scheme - was awful

I mean monarch would get a320 and a350 as no bidybuses a330 hope thry fly within the uk tp start off like offer direct flight from Manchester to Glasgow or Edinburgh or Manchester to Scotland then expand to Scotland

Just like another fake Pan Am returning.

It is all fake- I DM-ed the account and got a whole load of foul language back-