A year on since the sad demise of Monarch, one of the UK’s oldest independent airlines with a proud history of flying scheduled and leisure flights, we wondered what happened to its fleet once the dust had settled?
At the time of its closure on 2 October 2017, Monarch operated a mixed fleet of Airbus A320, A321 and A330 aircraft, plus a single Boeing 737-800.
Following dispersal back to their leasing companies or storage airports, all have now been sold on to other airlines. So we thought we’d take a look at where they are now…
Airbus A320
- G-OZBW (1571) – Now flying with Avion Express as LY-VEB.
- G-OZBX (1637) – Now flying with Ellinair as SX-EMJ.
- G-OZBY (1320) – Now flying with Azul as PR-AJB.
- G-ZBAH (1413) – Now flying with SmartLynx Estonia as ES-ZGI.
- G-ZBAP (1605) – Scrapped at St Athan July 2018.
- G-ZBAR (2142) – Now flying with Thomas Cook Airlines Baleares as EC-MVH.
- G-ZBAS (6550) – Now flying with easyJet Europe as OE-ICT.
- G-ZBAT (3278) – Now flying with Iberia as EC-MUF.
- G-ZBAU (3293) – Now flying with Iberia as EC-MUK.
Airbus A321
- G-MARA (983) – Now flying with Olympus Airways as SX-ABY.
- G-OJEG (1015) – Now flying with Olympus Airways as SX-ACP.
- G-OZBE (1707) – Now flying with Red Wings as VP-BVO.
- G-OZBF (1763) – Now flying with Red Wings as VP-BVQ.
- G-OZBG (1941) – Set to join Ural Airlines as VQ-B
- G-OZBH (2105) – Now flying with Ural Airlines as VQ-BGY.
- G-OZBI (2234) – Now flying with Avion Express/Thomas Cook as LY-VEA.
- G-OZBL (864) – Now flying with Small Planet Airlines Poland as SP-HAU.
- G-OZBM (1045) – Now flying with Red Wings as VP-BRB.
- G-OZBN (1153) – Now flying with Just Us Air as YR-NTS.
- G-OZBO (1207) – Now flying with Anda Air as UR-CSE.
- G-OZBR (1794) – Now flying with Lanmei Airlines as XU-961.
- G-OZBT (3546) – Now flying with Aegean Airlines as SX-DNH.
- G-OZBU (3575) – Now flying with Nordwind Airlines as VQ-BRO.
- G-OZBZ (1421) – Now flying with Small Plane Airlines Poland as SP-HAV.
- G-ZBAD (5582) – Now flying with Thomas Cook Airlines as G-TCVA.
- G-ZBAE (5606) – Now flying with Thomas Cook Airlines as G-TCVB.
- G-ZBAF (2730) – Now flying with VLM Airlines as OO-SBA.
- G-ZBAG (2793) – Now flying with Red Wings as VP-BRQ.
- G-ZBAI (2553) – Now flying with Aegean Airlines as SX-DNF.
- G-ZBAJ (2610) – Now flying with Aegean Airlines as SX-DNG.
- G-ZBAK (3458) – Now flying with Nordwind Airlines as VQ-BRL.
- G-ZBAL (3522) – Now flying with Lanmei Airlines as XU-919.
- G-ZBAM (6059) – Now flying with Thomas Cook Airlines as G-TCVC.
- G-ZBAO (6126) – Now flying with Thomas Cook Airlines as G-TCVD.
Airbus A330-200
- G-EOMA (265) – Now flying with Wamos Air as EC-MJS.
- G-SMAN (261) – Now flying with Flynas as 9M-AZL.
Boeing 737-800
- G-ZBAV (40874/3316) – Now flying with Nordwind Airlines as VP-BSO.
Monarch was the largest airline to cease trading in British history and saw the largest peacetime repatriation of passengers stranded overseas in the days and weeks following.
[Our Tribute to Monarch Airlines – 1967-2017]
Had Monarch still been operating today, it would have seen the first Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft from a large order delivered and in service from early 2018, gradually replacing the Airbus fleet.
10 comments
Many thanks for the Monarch fleet update, I had been keeping a record but had missed a few. We flew on G-ZBAT MAN/GIB 05 /09/17. My brother was a check capt with them and flew on that last fateful day.
So SORRY TO SEE THEM GO.
Thanks Merv!
Great documentation Matt, which made very interesting reading. Incredibly sad to see them go. Sweet memories of hoards of whispering giants and smokey 720B’s in the 70’s, making way for the Boeing sisters in the 80’s. It’s not the same without the black ‘n’ yellows….
Thank you for the Monarch listings .I has been a great help.
You have a great site
Steve
Thanks Steve!
It was one of great airline companies operating at Faro Airport (Portugal).
It was the ZB airlines code
Maybe it isn’t a bad thing considering the new 737 Max 8 sounds dangerous from Boeing with the Mcas sensor failure !!!
Thankfully most have not been scrapped and some are even in hybrid livery with Thomas Cook. I worked on BAK, BAM, BAP, BAR and ZBX. Beautiful memories and STILL a loving workplace family even though we are no longer at the same workplace. 💛💜💛💜 RIP Monarch.
Wonderful to see two of the Monarch /Thomas cook girls yesterday – so glad at least they were saved. Hope whatever happens with TC they keep alive unlike the beautiful poor 757’s who Greybull signed the death warrants for. RIP those birds
Great memories, worked on most MON fleet at LTN, taught me most of what I know today RIP Monarch Aircraft Engineering Ltd