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Flying Hi
They did - First Star Spier Aviation bought it and parted it out for Spares and scrap. What surprised me too was it was 'relatively' young so maybe it had problems or was due major servicing - and you woildnt buy a car without an MOT would you?
The TC330s at MAN are in the same boat, no one wants them as they are not currently 'airworthy'. They can't even be flown to an aviation scrapyard so will somehow have to be broken up on airport.. At least G-ZBAP had the final dignify of being flown there. (A bit Zen perhaps)
Another aircraft that operated for Monarch, G-MRJK was scrapped around the same age (slightly younger) so I wouldn’t say it was unusual though quite young compared to some others.
At least 4 other aircraft that had left Monarch a few years before or after the collapse have also now been / in the process of being scrapped since joining their new operator.