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VH-YMK. Airbus A300B4-605R. c/n 556. Was also registered as: G-MONS. |
This aircraft was ordered new by Monarch Airlines Ltd - ? First flown as 'F-WWAY' - February 14, 1990 Powered by General Electric CF6-80C2A5 engines Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-MONS (CofR G-MONS/R1) - April 1990 Delivered to Monarch Airlines, England - April 17, 1990 Leased to Compass Airlines, Australia - ? Rolled out at London (Luton) in the standard Compass livery - November 1990 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-YMK - November 14, 1990 Departed London (Luton) on the ferry flight to Australia - November 17, 1990 It arrived at Brisbane on completion of the ferry flight - November 19, 1990 Ferry route: London (Luton) - Cairo - Bombay - Singapore - Brisbane Operated its first revenue service Brisbane - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as YM331 - December 01, 1990 Operated its final revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as YM320 - December 20, 1991 It was grounded in Sydney when Compass suspended all operations due to bankruptcy - December 20, 1991 The aircraft was repossessed by Monarch Airlines - January 1992 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - January 29, 1992 Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-MONS (CofR G-MONS/R2) - January 29, 1992 Registered to Monarch Airlines Departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on the ferry flight to Abu Dhabi for maintenance and repaint - January 31, 1992 Ferried Abu Dhabi - London (Luton) in the standard Monarch livery - February 12, 1992 Returned to service on London (Gatwick) - Tel Aviv - London (Gatwick) - March 24, 1992 'Leisure Airline of the Year' titles added - 2006 Leased to Egyptair for annual Hadj pilgrimmage flights - 2009 Ferried London (Gatwick) - Cairo on delivery to Egyptair - November 06, 2009 Ferried Cairo - Manchester on return to Monarch Airlines as MSR999P - December 14, 2009 Aircraft had logged 74,441 hours - December 31, 2012 Operated its final revenue service Sharm el Sheikh - London (Gatwick) as ZB249/MON249A - November 03, 2013 Ferried London (Gatwick) - Birmingham as MON595P - November 03, 2013 It was observed at Birmingham without titles - November 16, 2013 Ferried Birmingham - Portsmouth - Tupelo as MON556P - November 16 - 17, 2013 Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - February 04, 2014 It was observed at Tupelo in the basic Monarch livery without engines - February 22, 2014 Scrapped at Tupelo - 2014 |
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G-MONS. Compass - in the standard livery at London Luton Airport, November 1990. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0310-167.) |
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VH-YMK. Compass - in the standard livery at London Luton Airport, November 1990. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0310-069.) |
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VH-YMK. Compass - in the standard livery at London Luton Airport, November 1990. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0310-171.) |
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VH-YMK. Compass - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, January 1991. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 0310-081.) |
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VH-YMK. Compass - in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, February 1991. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 0310-082.) |
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G-MONS. Monarch - in the standard livery at London Luton Airport, March 1997. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0310-083.) |
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G-MONS. Monarch - in the standard livery at Faro Airport, September 2002. (F. Mesquita Copyright Image 0310-046.) |
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G-MONS. Monarch - in the revised livery with additional 'web' titles at an unknown airport, December 2003. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0310-020.) |
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G-MONS. Monarch - in the revised livery with additional 'Leisure Airline of the Year' titles at London Luton Airport, December 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 0310-072.) |