Budget airline Jet2.com will increase its flights from Leeds Bradford Airport as early as next weekend in response to the collapse of its rival Monarch Airlines.

From October 14th there will be more flights to Tenerife from Leeds Bradford, amounting to 15,000 extra seats over the winter.

The airline is increasing flights at several airports previously served by
Monarch due to "increased demand", it announced on Wednesday.

The firm is adding more than 100,000 seats on flights at Birmingham,
Manchester and Leeds Bradford airports this winter.

Chief executive Steve Heapy said: "A number of factors have resulted in
increased demand for our award-winning flights and Atol protected
package holidays right across the UK."

More than 30% of the 110,000 Monarch passengers who were abroad when the
airline went bust are expected to have returned to the UK by Wednesday
night in the country's biggest peacetime repatriation, which began on
Monday.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) arranged 119 flights to bring back
more than 23,000 people in the first two days of the operation.

All remaining customers are expected to have returned by October 15, at
no extra cost.

Some 750,000 people who held future bookings for Monarch flights or
holidays have had their plans disrupted.

On Tuesday it was disclosed that the vast majority will not receive an
automatic refund, with administrators KPMG estimating that just 10%-15%
of customers have bookings protected by Atol.

The scheme only covers package holidays or Monarch flight-only bookings
made before December 15, meaning hundreds of thousands of people will be
forced to seek refunds elsewhere.

Anyone who booked flights costing more than GBP100 using a credit card can
claim a refund under the Consumer Credit Act, while those who bought
cheaper flights or used a debit card can apply for a chargeback to get
their money back.

Many travel insurance policies will not pay out in the event of an
airline going bust but it is worth checking the detail of individual
policies, the CAA said.

KPMG said 1,858 of about 2,100 people employed across Monarch's airline
and tour group had been made redundant after the firm went bust.

Ninety eight of those made redundant were employed by Monarch Travel
Group, while 1,760 worked for Monarch Airlines.

The remaining employees will help with the administration process, and
assist the CAA in bringing holidaymakers abroad back to the UK, KPMG
said.

Administrators are now considering breaking up the company, which was
founded in 1967, as no buyer has been found to purchase Monarch in its
entirety.

The group's engineering operation, Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited,
is not in administration and continues to trade normally.