AP-BCC - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-BCC

Certificate of Registration Number:

578

Registration Date:

June 1985

Operator/Owner:

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

Aircraft Type:

Boeing 737-340

Construction Number:

23296

Line Number:

1121

Year Built:

1985

SelCal Code:

GL-HK

First Flight:

May 30, 1985

Test Flight Registration:

Delivery Date:

June 18, 1985

Aircraft Name:

Quetta

Previous Registration:

Previous Operator:

Fate:

Withdrawn from use in 2008

Next Registration:

Next Operator:

Additional Remarks:

Construction number 23296. Registered in Pakistan as AP-BCC for PIA. First flight May 30, 1985. Delivered to PIA on June 18, 1985. In 1997, aircraft named "City of Gujrat" to celebrate Pakistan's 50 years of independence. AP-BCC named "Quetta - Nature's Orchard" and received Baluchistan Province tail design as part of Pakistan province tails livery introduced by PIA in 2006. Aircraft withdrawn from use in 2008 after detection of structural cracks and corrosion during periodic checks. Aircraft parked at Karachi Airport as spares source. Registration AP-BCC removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on July 15, 2009. Sale notice for scrap structure of AP-BCC appeared in July 25, 2010, newspaper. Broken up at Karachi Airport in 2011.

Photo:

PIA Boeing 737-340

Boeing 737-340 (Abbas Ali Collection)

Boeing 737-340 (registration AP-BCC)