Comment / Monarch's sole Boeing 767 soars away from the recently re-designated runway 23L at Manchester. It is a little known fact that Monarch actually ordered two Boeing 767-300s during the late 1980s, but later sold the production slots to EVA Air of Taiwan, and took on four of the (then) new Airbus A300-600Rs instead. Today, the pair of 767s fly with Aeroflot Russian Airlines as VP-BWU and VP-BWV.

Comment / After landing for the very last time at Manchester on 27th October 2001, the forward fuselage of Monarch's sole DC-10, G-DMCA, is now on display in the Aviation Viewing Park serving as both an exhibit and an interactive classroom.

Comment / Monarch have long operated a Saturday afternoon charter from Stansted to Geneva during the winter, and this season has been no exception. A321 G-OZBL is seen here lining up on runway 05.

Comment / Exactly 13 years and 4 days before this photo was taken, G-OZBB was delivered to Monarch along this very same stretch of tarmac. Although first flying in November 1992, she first arrived at Luton on the 22nd March 1994 along with sister ship G-OZBA (now flying in warmer climes with Air Jamaica).

Comment / Monarch's sole Boeing 767 passed through Newcastle today, returning cruise passengers back to the UK from Barbados. After 8 years serving with Airtours and MyTravel, G-DIMB joined Monarch Airlines in May 2005, and is seen here departing Newcastle on a positioning flight back to Manchester.

Comment / G-MONB was one of the first Boeing 757s around, delivered to Monarch on this very stretch of tarmac on the 21st March 1983. With the first deliveries of the aircraft from Boeing only beginning at the end of December of 1982, only two carriers - British Airways and Eastern Air Lines - were flying 757s by this time. Today Monarch continues to operate seven examples of the type to all sorts of destinations.

Comment / One of two Monarch Boeing 757s operating out of Luton at the moment, G-DAJB touches down back at base as a heavy rain cloud passes to the north east of the airfield.

Comment / G-AOVT was the last Britannia in service with Monarch Airlines, and was donated to the Duxford Aviation Society in 1975. She was first delivered to BOAC on New Years Day 1959.