G-SMAN 2 Airbus A330-243 Monarch Airlines MAN 13NOV99
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus DeNoise AI 13-Nov-22.
'Tip-Toeing' in for a smooth landing...
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWKR, this aircraft was delivered to Monarch Airlines as G-SMAN in Mar-99. It was wet-leased to Garuda Indonesia Airlines for a Haj Pilgrimage operation between Oct / Dec-10.
The aircraft was sold to a lessor in May-12 and leased back to Monarch. It operated another Haj Lease to Garuda Indonesia Airlines between Sep / Nov-13. In early 2015 Monarch Airlines decide to withdraw from the long-haul charter marker and the aircraft was stored at Birmingham, UK in Apr-15.
After repainting in NAS National Air Services (Saudi Arabia) livery it was returned to the lessor at the end of Nov-15 and leased to EagleExpress Air Charter (Malaysia) as 9M-AZL. It was wet-leased to NAS the same day.
It was returned to EagleExpress and the lessor as G-GGEN in Jun-16 and was stored at Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). In Feb-17 the aircraft was leased to WAMOS Air as EC-MNY. As well as operating their own flights, WAMOS are a major 'ACMI' operator operating flights for other airlines.
The aircraft was wet-leased to Air Algerie between Jun / Sep-17. Ironically, it was chartered by the UK CAA in early Oct-17 to repatriate Monarch Airlines passengers after they ceased operations.
It was wet-leased to Biman Bangladesh Airlines between Jan / Feb-18, LATAM Airlines - Chile between Mar / Aug-18 and Norwegian Air UK between Sep-18 / Jan-19. WAMOS also operated a Haj Pilgrimage wet-lease for Garuda Indonesia between Jul / Sep-19.
After 22 years in service, the aircraft was permanently retired at Kansas City, MO, USA in Jan-21. Updated 13-Nov-22.
G-SMAN 2 Airbus A330-243 Monarch Airlines MAN 13NOV99
Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus DeNoise AI 13-Nov-22.
'Tip-Toeing' in for a smooth landing...
First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWKR, this aircraft was delivered to Monarch Airlines as G-SMAN in Mar-99. It was wet-leased to Garuda Indonesia Airlines for a Haj Pilgrimage operation between Oct / Dec-10.
The aircraft was sold to a lessor in May-12 and leased back to Monarch. It operated another Haj Lease to Garuda Indonesia Airlines between Sep / Nov-13. In early 2015 Monarch Airlines decide to withdraw from the long-haul charter marker and the aircraft was stored at Birmingham, UK in Apr-15.
After repainting in NAS National Air Services (Saudi Arabia) livery it was returned to the lessor at the end of Nov-15 and leased to EagleExpress Air Charter (Malaysia) as 9M-AZL. It was wet-leased to NAS the same day.
It was returned to EagleExpress and the lessor as G-GGEN in Jun-16 and was stored at Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). In Feb-17 the aircraft was leased to WAMOS Air as EC-MNY. As well as operating their own flights, WAMOS are a major 'ACMI' operator operating flights for other airlines.
The aircraft was wet-leased to Air Algerie between Jun / Sep-17. Ironically, it was chartered by the UK CAA in early Oct-17 to repatriate Monarch Airlines passengers after they ceased operations.
It was wet-leased to Biman Bangladesh Airlines between Jan / Feb-18, LATAM Airlines - Chile between Mar / Aug-18 and Norwegian Air UK between Sep-18 / Jan-19. WAMOS also operated a Haj Pilgrimage wet-lease for Garuda Indonesia between Jul / Sep-19.
After 22 years in service, the aircraft was permanently retired at Kansas City, MO, USA in Jan-21. Updated 13-Nov-22.