Monarch A330 G-SMAN - 01st August 2004

            Monarch Airlines Airbus A330-243 G-SMAN is seen passing the Aviation Viewing Park at Manchester Airport on 01st August 2004, Monarch operated two Airbus A330s with G-SMAN having the distinction of not just being the first A330 in the Monarch fleet but the first Airbus A330 to be operated by a UK Airline on the British "Golf" register when it was delivered on 26th March 1999. It's sistership, G-EOMA arrived exactly one month later on April 26th. Both loyally served Monarch (with occasional winter work with Garuda) until April 2015 when Monarch withdrew the type as part of its reshuffle away from longhaul and charter flying, sadly eventually leading to the airline's demise just two years later :(

The "Classic" Monarch livery looked excellent on anything and it looked fantastic on the A330, I never did get any photos of either A330 in the newer livery and I'm ok with that, this livery was when Monarch was at its peak :)

G-SMAN was one of a number of aircraft in the Monarch fleet which had a non-standard registration in order to honour an individual, in this case it was named after Sergio Mantegazza, one of the owners of Monarch's parent company.

Following its time with Monarch the aircraft has been;
9M-AZL Eaglexpress Air 
9M-AZL flynas
EC-MNY Wamos Air / Air Algérie / Biman Bangladesh Airlines / Garuda Indonesia / Wamos Air
Stored at Kansas City Airport since 2001

Ironically both the former G-SMAN and G-EOMA were used by Wamos Air to "rescue" passengers that had been stranded by Monarch's collapse in October 2017...

© Phil Cribbin 2004

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