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How Monarch’s reign came to an end
Monarch Airlines went bust earlier this month after being acquired by Greybull Capital a private equity firm with an inglorious history. LAURENCE PLATT reports
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THE collapse of Monarch Airlines appears to have come out of the blue, but the straws were in the wind for at least two years.
In 2014 Greybull Capital bought a 90 per cent share in the company from former owners the Swiss-Italian Mantegazza family, with a view to turning it round to make a profit.
As reported in the Independent in 2016, Greybull injected £25 million into the airline in return for the 90 per cent share in expectation of turning a loss of £90m to a profit of £40m.
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