AP-AYV - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-AYV

Certificate of Registration Number:

494

Registration Date:

April 1976

Operator/Owner:

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

Aircraft Type:

Boeing 747-282B

Construction Number:

20928

Line Number:

239

Year Built:

1974

SelCal Code:

AK-FM

First Flight:

May 30, 1974

Test Flight Registration:

Delivery Date:

Aircraft Name:

"City of Lahore"

Previous Registration:

CS-TJC

Previous Operator:

TAP (Transportes Aéreos Portugueses) Portugal

Fate:

Scrapped at Karachi Airport in 2002

Next Registration:

Next Operator:

Additional Remarks:

Construction number 20928. First flight May 30, 1974. Registered in Portugal as CS-TJC for TAP (Transportes Aéreos Portugueses) Portugal. Delivered to TAP Portugal on June 7, 1974. Registered in Pakistan as AP-AYV. Leased out to PIA, April 22, 1976. Aircraft purchased by PIA from TAP Portugal, April 30, 1980. In 1997, aircraft named "City of Lahore" to celebrate Pakistan's 50 years of independence. Aircraft withdrawn from use in 1999. Scrapped at Karachi Airport in 2002. Registration AP-AYV removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register.

Photo:

Boeing 747-282B

Boeing 747-282B (Abbas Ali Collection)

Boeing 747-282B (registration AP-AYV)