Following the demise of Monarch Engineering, 3rd party maintenance is now practically non-existent. Here's some reminders of some unlikely airline colour schemes that have brightened the Luton ramp over the last 40+ years. Many of these aircraft were returning from, or going out, on lease, either from the resident airlines or from one of the leasing companies.
F-GFUC 1/10/90. Just returned from lease from Aeromaritime and about to go on lease to Monarch/EuroBerlin as G-MONT.
N70721 and N70722 18/4/83. Just returned from Nigeria lease and about to go on lease to Western:-
N70721 12/5/83
OH-LYN 26/1/76. On delivery to Finnair, stopped off for, I believe, seat fitting (??!!)
4R-ALC 18/6/85, returning from Air Lanka lease and about to go to Bahamasair:-
C6-BFC 24/7/85
CF-EPL 10/6/85. Appeared again in 1986 in EPA's later colours:-
C-FEPL 22/5/86
TZ-ADL 7/2/86 (Air Mali). About to become G-BMMZ with Britannia
3B-NAL 19/5/89. Maintenance check with Britannia
5X-UBC 1/9/85. Maintenance check with Monarch
S7-AAS 8/11/89. Long term contract for maintenance with Britannia
Not on maintenance but operating a regular J.A.T. Dubrovnik/Pula charter was this:-
YU-AJI 16/6/91
There's more if anyone's interested.