AP-BCM - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-BCM

Certificate of Registration Number:

587

Registration Date:

1986

Operator/Owner:

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

Aircraft Type:

Boeing 747-217B

Construction Number:

20802

Line Number:

226

Year Built:

1973

SelCal Code:

GL-CH

First Flight:

November 15, 1973

Test Flight Registration:

Delivery Date:

Aircraft Name:

"City of Multan"

Previous Registration:

C-FCRB

Previous Operator:

CP Air (Canadian Pacific Air Lines)

Fate:

Scrapped at Karachi Airport by the end of 2002

Next Registration:

Next Operator:

Additional Remarks:

Construction number 20802. First flight November 15, 1973. Registered in Canada as C-FCRB for CP Air (Canadian Pacific Air Lines). Delivered to CP Air on December 3, 1973. CP Air aircraft tail number 742. Aircraft named "Empress of Canada". To PIA, May 19, 1986. Registered in Pakistan as AP-BCM. In 1997, aircraft named "City of Multan" to celebrate Pakistan's 50 years of independence. Aircraft withdrawn from use in 1999 and stored at Karachi Airport. Aircraft reactivated and returned to service. Aircraft withdrawn from use in 2001. Registration AP-BCM removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on unknown date. Aircraft scrapped at Karachi Airport by the end of 2002.

Photo:

PIA Boeing 747-217B

Boeing 747-217B (Abbas Ali Collection)

Boeing 747-217B (registration AP-BCM)