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THE OFFICIAL WELCOME TO NEW YORK EVENT: Meet and greet renowned international West Indian artists tonight at this carnival kickoff, where a roster of deejays and rhythm sections welcomes visitors from across the globe to Crown Heights this weekend. Headliners Road March King, The Soca Monarch King and Groovy Monarch Kings come together on stage with acts including DJ Spice and Dr. Jay from Toronto , the Trinibago Massive Rhythm Section, Mad Man Middy and more. BRASSFEST: This ultimate dance party jumps and jives all night with Machel Montano HD, Lady Saw and Patrice Roberts leading an all-star lineup of calypso, soca and hip-hop artists. A quick run-through of dance moves: "Jump up" is a jumping motion of dancing to soca and calypso, and "wining" is when you rotate or gyrate your waist to the rhythm. Now you're set to break down with the Kutters Rhythm Section, MC Wassy & Giselle D'Wassi One.

'Old faithful' Monarch puts its faith in Spain | CAPA

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That differentiation is not as clear cut now as it was – as recently as five years ago – when the service was branded Gold Crown and included full in-flight entertainment facilities including a movie on flights of a little more than two hours duration; free newspapers from a wide selection; a choice of hot meals with wine; seat selection without charge; and a generous free baggage allowance. There was often a superior service level to that found in business class on a carrier such as British Airways . The Monarch management clearly felt it had to respond to the challenge of the LCCs as they expanded rapidly either at the airports at which it operated or at those within a short radius. As a result none of the services mentioned above are now available without charge and an online reservation takes much the same length of time as one on Ryanair, as a list of chargeable options (bags, insurance, pre-allocated seat, extra legroom etc) is provided before conclusion of the transaction. Checked baggage charges vary from GBP9.99 to GBP16.99 per item online, depending on the route, and are GBP18.00 via a call centre or at the airport, for a maximum of 20kg. The hand baggage weight limit is 10 kg, the same as Ryanair’s.

Many of Monarch’s customers reacted badly to these changes but the airline has been able to retain most of them partly because it has continued to preserve an image that is distinct from rivals like Jet2.com , which typically carry a much younger age range of passenger, and young families. Monarch’s customers tend still to be retired or early-retired "greys" in the ABC1 socio-economic group with property or vacation villas on the Spanish Costas. Despite the plethora of budget airline flights from British secondary airports to Spain they will often drive past those airports to one of Monarch’s four UK bases. The airline is even known in some quarters as "old faithful".

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