Monarch Airlines (1968) (London Luton) officially retired the A300-600R from its fleet on 13 April. Local news reports state that having completed its last flight from London Gatwick to Birmingham, GB, G-OJMR (cn 605) is now destined to be scrapped in Tupelo, Mississippi.

The Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) passenger jet was the last of its type to operate in Europe.

The ch-aviation aircraft database shows that globally, Mahan Air (W5, Tehran Mehrabad), China Eastern Airlines (MU, Shanghai Hongqiao), Kuwait Airways (KU, Kuwait), Qeshm Airlines (QB, Tehran Mehrabad), IranAir (IR, Tehran Mehrabad), Thai Airways International (TG, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi), Meraj Air (MRJ, Tehran Mehrabad), Sudan Airways (SD, Khartoum), and Tunisair (TU, Tunis) continue to maintain an A300 presence in their fleets.