AP-BCD - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-BCD

Certificate of Registration Number:

579

Registration Date:

June 25, 1985

Operator/Owner:

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

Aircraft Type:

Boeing 737-340

Construction Number:

23297

Line Number:

1122

Year Built:

1985

SelCal Code:

GL-HM

First Flight:

June 3, 1985

Test Flight Registration:

Delivery Date:

June 21, 1985

Aircraft Name:

Turbat

Previous Registration:

Previous Operator:

Fate:

Withdrawn from use in June 2014, and parked at Karachi Airport - Pakistan

Next Registration:

Next Operator:

Additional Remarks:

Construction number 23297. Registered in Pakistan as AP-BCD for PIA. First flight June 3, 1985. Delivered to PIA on June 21, 1985. Aircraft painted in Emirates Airline livery. Wet leased to Emirates from October 21, 1985 to October 28, 1987. In 1997, aircraft named "City of Khuzdar" to celebrate Pakistan's 50 years of independence. AP-BCD named "Turbat - Romantic Interludes" and received Baluchistan Province tail design as part of Pakistan province tails livery introduced by PIA in 2006. Withdrawn from use in June 2014. Parked at Karachi Airport, Pakistan. AP-BCD sale notice given in October 1, 2014, newspapers. Sold through bidding process on October 29, 2014.

Photo:

PIA Boeing 737-340

Boeing 737-340 (Abbas Ali Collection)

Boeing 737-340 (registration AP-BCD)