London, UK – Monarch Airlines is adding flights to Friedrichshafen, Munich and Grenoble for the 2012-13 ski and snowboard season, marking the London-based air carrier’s first entry into the ski and snowboard travel market.

The airline’s new routes will carry British skiers to resorts ranging from Les Deux Alpes in France and Zuers in Austria, to Zugspitze in Germany. Alongside existing routes to Verona and Venice, these new destinations will offer skiers and snowboarders access to the some of the best resorts across the Alps and Dolomites. Munich flights will commence on September 21 from London Luton, Birmingham and Manchester airports, with the Friedrichshafen and Grenoble routes opening across the country shortly afterwards.

Les Deux Alpes, 67 miles from Grenoble Airport, is a long and narrow village hidden in the southern Alps, and offers a remote escape from everyday life. A six-day pass covers the slopes at La Grave, Serre-Chevalier and Alpe-d’Huez, which can be accessed quickly via helicopter. The higher slopes benefit from glacial snow and offer spectacular valley views. Zuers, 75 miles from Friedrichshafen Airport, is loved by winter sports enthusiasts from across the world, who visit this mountainous village every season to enjoy over 250km of piste. The Arlberg Ski Circus lift pass also covers the neighboring resorts of St. Christoph, Lech, Zug, Stuben, St. Anton, and Sonnenkopf. Zugspitze, 95 miles from Munich Airport, is not only the highest mountain in Bavaria, it’s also the most snow-sure. This resort is the crowning jewel of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen’s ski area, and offers easy access to the famous Kandahar Olympic downhill run at Alpspitze.

Tickets for Monarch’s winter routes are now available beginning at GBP34 online at www.monarch.co.uk.