AP-BAT - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-BAT

Certificate of Registration Number:

543

Registration Date:

1980

Operator/Owner:

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

Aircraft Type:

Boeing 747-240B (SCD)

Construction Number:

22077

Line Number:

429

Year Built:

1980

SelCal Code:

DK-EG

First Flight:

February 2, 1980

Test Flight Registration:

Delivery Date:

March 7, 1980

Aircraft Name:

"Quetta - Nature's Orchard"

Previous Registration:

Previous Operator:

Fate:

Withdrawn from use in 2008

Next Registration:

Next Operator:

Additional Remarks:

Construction number 22077. Line number 429. Built in 1980. First flight February 2, 1980. Registered in Pakistan as AP-BAT for PIA. Delivered to PIA on March 7, 1980. In 1997, AP-BAT was named "City of Islamabad" to celebrate Pakistan's 50 years of independence. AP-BAT was named "Quetta - Nature's Orchard" and received Baluchistan Province tail design as part of Pakistan province tails livery introduced by PIA in year 2006. Withdrawn from use in 2008 and parked at Karachi Airport. Registration AP-BAT removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on July 16, 2009. Advertisement given in August 16, 2012, newspaper for the sale of aircraft on "as is where is" basis. Broken up/scrapped at Karachi Airport, December 2012.

Photo:

PIA Boeing 747-240B (SCD)

Boeing 747-240B (SCD) (Abbas Ali Collection)

Boeing 747-240B (SCD) (registration AP-BAT)