Monarch Airlines has strongly denied rumours it is in financial trouble amid growing fears among passengers.
Travellers and aviation enthusiasts began tweeting and posting speculation to Facebook on Sunday.
Their fears were fuelled by US carrier United Airlines appearing to launch services on the same routes at the same times as scheduled Monarch flights.
This sparked rumours that the Civil Aviation Authority was preparing to repatriate passengers from Palma, Alicante and Barcelona, in case their carrier was unable to bring them home.
In a statement a spokesman said: “Rumours are just that. We don’t know where these rumours started, but they are not true.”
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