Further details of the planned relaunch of the Monarch brand have been disclosed to Travel Gossip.

A representative of Daniel Ellingham, who announced himself as the Chairman of the new Monarch Board earlier this week, said the company aims to launch Monarch Holidays as an online travel agent by late 2023.

He said an airline bearing the Monarch name will launch next year, but did not say which month.

Monarch ‘will likely’ focus on destinations in North Africa, Italy and on Gibraltar, using Airbus A320 aircraft he said, but declined to disclose further details.

No further information was revealed about Monarch’s new financial backers, but the representative said: “This should become clear in coming weeks.”

He confirmed that there is no direct connection with the previous company, which collapsed in 2017, but he added: “We are open to recruit any individuals previously employed there.”